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160 1,315
161 1,298
162 1,297
163 1,297
164 1,284
165 1,274
166 1,257
167 1,251
168 1,247
169 1,240
170 1,236
171 1,222
172 1,220
173 1,219
174 1,217
175 1,216
176 1,209
177 1,185
178 1,168
179 1,168
180 1,167
181 1,149
182 1,136
183 1,127
184 1,113
185 1,109
186 1,108
187 1,098
188 1,092
189 1,084
190 1,084
191 1,080
192 1,078
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194 1,074
195 1,067
196 1,063
197 1,062
198 1,060
199 1,058
200 1,057
201 1,052
202 1,049
203 1,045
204 1,037
205 1,037
206 1,035
207 1,029
208 1,028
209 1,027
210 1,025
211 1,020
212 1,017
213 1,017
214 1,005
215 1,004
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169 total words

12:05 am

fl 8

12:10 am

sh7

12:13 am

le 7

Clues are up

12:21 am

go7

12:23 am

ho 9

12:23 am

Thanks, Lickety

12:30 am

gu 7

12:31 am

no7x2

12:45 am

No7x3

1:19 am

first column G - clue please

1:20 am

Gl 4/8

1:20 am

ty looking

1:21 am

got it - nbs nbt :)

1:48 am

gu6......clueplease

1:49 am

nvm

2:06 am

Grog

2:07 am

Sorry

2:29 am

omg I can't believe my last word was gr 4/8...lol

3:27 am

Bonjour. Another hot, Sunny day

4:09 am

sooo egoic is not a word... its to early for my brain. Hope everyone has a good day.

4:14 am

My dogs is sleeping on the floor near my chair and when he is REALLY relaxed, he perfumes the surroundings with his fart miasma

4:15 am

quog

4:15 am

sorry no more talking

5:57 am

Ruby is the only person I know who imposes a gag order on herself. : D

5:58 am

If anyone has a clue for the last qu5, pls share!

5:58 am

Souds like our Babble player from South Africa

5:59 am

Or our Babble player from Connecticut who loves her cats, minus the Y

6:01 am

Or q + three man band with Getty Lee as lead singer, flip the first two letters

6:01 am

OK finally got it, thank you!

6:04 am

ee

6:04 am

sorry, finger got away from me

go7, please?

found it thanks

you're welcome ;-)

Can you clue please Marc?

7:09 am

:)

it's a pl. - the go6 is like when you don't remember something but change a letter

7:10 am

Don't ask Marc, he always ignores people when they ask for clues.

Thanks carla

no problem

7:11 am

Ty Hokie, got them both

7:12 am

What is the 4th q? I have qu 5/16, qu6/27 and qu 5/18

there's another 5/16. I only have one, so not sure if it's the same as you.

just found it

7:14 am

Stick an extra vowel in the middle of what you do when you walk off a job

7:14 am

I have that oine

7:14 am

one :)

7:14 am

Like a nickel, dime or penny but start with qu

I don't ignore anyone. I am just not good at it. go + Al leave off the last vowel and to go a find something

it's like the $$ in your pocket

7:15 am

Ty Molly, got it.

7:15 am

I have seen that before, should have found it :)

sometimes words are just hiding :)

7:19 am

My phantom is onion

yeah, I thought I saw that one earlier. there are quite a few today.

7:22 am

Well, I need 81. Time for a break.

39 left but I went to the list early. couldn't see words. I have found a lot with the list but they aren't everyday words, just easy to monkey, so I don't feel so bad.

7:25 am

gagging and hello

hello

7:25 am

71 left from first run-through. <Nice clue carla

did I do a clue in that last post or are you scrolling down?

7:28 am

I have an assortment of maids, helpers, etc;, but currently have an Algerian woman who is the most obsequious of all (should that be an E?)

I think O, but ?

7:29 am

It was for the g6 which gave me several words

ah, glad I could give a good clue for once :D. most of the time people don't get mine.

7:30 am

Ruby is she the one who touches you all the time?

7:30 am

Yes, but I told her that with my new chemo, I have to avoid contact

just looked up obsequious (because I had to). makes me think of the servants in Coming to America.

hopefully she will listen to you!

7:32 am

She calls me Madame Nancy -- a bit much!

7:37 am

She's an odd one but helps me bathe and walks the dogs. It's a very informal household -- two stinky dogs and me, on hot days, in deceased huband's boxers and a camisole

what do the rest call you?

7:37 am

nancy

maybe she was just trained that way and has trouble changing

7:38 am

Hospital people call me Mme Hunter

7:39 am

Probably, but it's weird for me

yeah, not sure I could get used to that either

7:40 am

The very good news is that all the women who work for me are experts at making small flower arrangements using whatever is open

7:41 am

currently/ petrovskia plus delphinium, roses and hydrangeas, tiny roses and alstibe

nice

wow, just guessed right at st8. pretty sure I've never heard that word.

7:46 am

bye kids, sorry to be such a Piggy chatterbox

I hope you have a good day today, ruby

well, 6 to go, all 6's and 7's. TTFN

8:21 am

oh look, the pedophile pimp. morning all

8:21 am

good eyes dan

lol, took me a minute

8:22 am

Haha, Dan. I just got your clue.

now down to 3 stubborn 7's - fu, no (last one), and ti, if anyone has any clues to share :)

8:29 am

fu7 ends like a frozen roof drip

thx!

8:30 am

no idea on the others

8:31 am

Qu 5/18 please?

molly had a good clue earlier - q + anagram of canadian band headed by geddy lee

8:32 am

dan, understand the end of the fu 7, but not the middle

8:34 am

fu 7: good time + most of ice drip

8:35 am

Thanks hokie. Not into Canadian bands but google helped me!

8:35 am

need another clue for the qu 5/18 please -- no idea who geddy lee is

you are canadian!

ends in be quiet

8:36 am

ty nan

8:37 am

ty carla

8:37 am

assuming lee produces what passes for music these days :D

no, they were big in the 70s

pretty popular rock band

I got the word but are you referring to the band that sang "Tom Sawyer"?

yes

finally found the ti7.

thanks, LWG, now that song is stuck in my head

LOL, I could think of worse songs to have stuck

well, I had to look up that last no7 before I lost my mind, but fireworks!

WTG carla!

8:45 am

woot carla

8:45 am

wd carla -- still have 82 to go, not not seeing much of anything

8:51 am

hello...stats for the corner E pls

et 4/5

8:52 am

ty

well, I listed before halfway and then still had to work hard at seeing them. not a nice grid today.

yes I'm struggling with 47 left

8:58 am

hello

9:04 am

just listed and the go's following the dinner "bell" have me stumped

9:05 am

cyber add a vowel in he middle for a 5

9:05 am

the

9:05 am

go5.20 is a spelling variation of the jewish rascal

9:05 am

found the 5/20

9:06 am

go5.18 is like a steep valley between hills

9:06 am

don't know much jewish terminology, but monkeyed it

9:06 am

wtg nan

9:07 am

first column g?

9:07 am

go6.30 add a cons to the 'valley' - sounds like a type of fabric - then plural

9:07 am

missing the 5-6-7 following the 5/20

9:08 am

just clued them cybernan - I think, not listed yet

I clued the 6/7 earlier, something you don't remember but a different beginning

9:08 am

MLFAN g & a limb

9:09 am

hi lynxxx ty

9:10 am

if you are talking about the scottish valley - i don't see how to had a consonant in the middle to come up with a 5

9:10 am

mmm - wouldn't be a go anyway would it

no, like there's one in the US called the New River Go5

9:10 am

not scottish - try another word for a canyon

9:11 am

trying to think of a word for valley that begins with go

9:11 am

yes not scottish

9:11 am

oh - ok, lol

what if something is beautiful, it's go***eous

9:11 am

ty - missed that one entirely

Ti7, please?

and disregard my spelling :D

ti7 was my next to last, SJ. like a striped large cat

Thank you!

9:13 am

ty hokie

9:13 am

TY Hokie - wouldn't have thought to try that

I'm really struggling with this grid

yeah, it was a PITA (pain in the ass for you acronym haters)

9:14 am

I think we all are samantha

9:15 am

2nd column e?

9:15 am

at least it isn't as big as yesterdays horror

el5/10, a common babblet

9:16 am

that one started off well for me but took a nose dive as I went on

9:16 am

ty hokie

9:19 am

nbt

9:20 am

le 6/30 please?

9:22 am

I keep getting 6/24's so cant help you yet cyber

9:22 am

not sure whether these are really words or if this grid is 50% foreign language

Le + dinner bell

9:24 am

ty sam

the old tv show in french :D

9:24 am

is that ri4?

9:25 am

ni gtg will be back...

9:25 am

no -- what the chinese monks ring to call for prayer

Ok: I have the fu, go, gu, le, nox3, sh, and ti 7s. What am I missing??!?!

9:34 am

no 7/32 please?

First is like a black and white detective - style movie

9:35 am

there is an fi 7/40 - a plural

Second is adjectival form of no7/28

Thank you

9:36 am

Is there a clue for the ho9 please?

Gerund form of ho6

9:37 am

ty sam

Or active verb form

9:37 am

not got the 6 yet either.

Pig + bind

9:38 am

Thank you

9:38 am

farm animal s and m ?

9:39 am

down to 26 -- time for breakfast

I can't decide whether the Official Phantom of the Day is petition or election

9:42 am

Oh there you go, Rude Rude, talking about farm animals. Pervert! : P

9:42 am

st8 please?

9:42 am

finally reached one hundred tough grid for me again

9:43 am

i can't help it molly.. give me enough rope and...

What you throw for a dog (minus last letter) + four letter suffix that's in this grid

Sorry, that one, like many, is tough to clue.

9:45 am

Got it. Thanks Sam

9:46 am

oh found the other 8

I ground my way down to 50 and am quitting for now. If I make it back, it's straight to the list for me. See y'all later!

9:47 am

nice work sj see you later

9:50 am

st8...movie Pulp Fi7 (John Travolta/Samuel L. Jackson) but start with st

9:56 am

ty molly

9:57 am

will go back to that later. maybe

9:57 am

brb

10:11 am

back again

10:11 am

guess who's back. back again. cyber's back. tell a friend.

10:13 am

I am back too

10:15 am

qu5/18 please?

10:15 am

well I don't have an Eminem song for that

10:16 am

what?

10:17 am

ends with silence! sound, medusa

10:17 am

thank you

10:17 am

ty cyber

10:20 am

GI6?

10:23 am

scottish act of presenting something or handing something

10:24 am

gerund ending, mlf

10:25 am

Sounds like ti6 your shoe laces

10:25 am

Hi Bea, hows tricks?

10:26 am

Lots going on...It is actually quiet time now. Grands are just starting to get up from morning naps.

10:27 am

Are they visiting or do you have grandkids living with you?

10:27 am

*!*~*!* thanks for the help :)

10:27 am

How about you? Anyting exciting for the long weekend?

10:28 am

They are visiting. Here from KS.

10:28 am

Nothing exciting. We lay low on long weekends. I try to stay away from the masses who seem to need to go everywhere all the time.

10:30 am

Looks like I'm needed in the kitchen...of course!

10:36 am

ty got it

10:36 am

sorry was in the other room

10:52 am

<--crawling now through the grid.. way tougher

11:04 am

hi ruru agreed

11:05 am

This one might get the award for most stupid words

11:07 am

I see a lot interesting words

11:07 am

can I get a clue for the 9 pls?

11:12 am

ho9 the act of binding up a large pig

11:13 am

hi bubba and ty

11:27 am

fi 6/27, pls

11:28 am

there is only a fi6 of possibilities

11:29 am

carla, don't understand, sorry

11:31 am

The survivors had a fi6 amount of food, so they had to ration it

11:31 am

ty Molly

11:32 am

hi al. got the st8 thank you. help with other 8 please

11:33 am

it is an fl8 but I do not see it

11:33 am

peri, it is what you see in a mirror, without the first two letters

11:34 am

ty saani

11:34 am

yw!

11:34 am

tough grid for me only have one of the 7's

11:35 am

my eyes won't assemble these letters into words (real or not)

11:37 am

Good clue saani

11:40 am

help with corner E pls

11:40 am

since it is labor day weekend I decided to do some chores. vacuumed bedroom rug and mopped bathroom floor

11:41 am

I do not clean very often so I feel a need to announce it publicly :)

11:41 am

I still need to vacuum living room room and dust every room. I hate to dust

11:42 am

NM

11:44 am

11:44 am

Peri is Ms. Spic 'N Span today. Good for you.

11:45 am

PERI!!!!! Don’t dust!!! It’s a hoax!!!! The dust just keeps coming back!!!

11:57 am

go7 please

11:57 am

pl of go6, which in turn is just go5 with a consonant added

11:58 am

Thank you sam

12:00 pm

Sure thing :)

12:08 pm

first no7/2.........clue please

12:08 pm

ir5 please

12:09 pm

Like a certain style of detective movie -- first no 7

12:09 pm

ir5 I assume is causing ir3 in someone

12:09 pm

ir5 -- Making upset?

12:10 pm

Thank you

12:12 pm

ty Sam...Still can't find it....I got the last no7/tho

12:13 pm

French word for dark color + three letter suffix meaning "like"

12:14 pm

ty Sam

12:15 pm

ty Sam ...I had the French word for black but I kept going in the wrong direction.:)

12:17 pm

name that Iraui river

12:17 pm

Iraqi

12:20 pm

Tigris

12:21 pm

Molly wins

12:27 pm

Welp, that'll make it easy to clue the ti7, then :)

12:28 pm

Do all the Us begin with un, does anyone know?

12:28 pm

I never saw hussein coming

12:29 pm

Yes on the un

12:30 pm

thanks ruru!

12:35 pm

I thought the like a big striped cat clue was good for the ti7

12:36 pm

hi Molly, that is my favourite word from this grid!

12:36 pm

Avoiding cats now

12:36 pm

It was! It's the one that got it for me. But it's hard to compete with a clue that includes six of the seven letters, you gotta admit. :)

12:36 pm

gee, why?

12:37 pm

Saani, it takes a long time for Rude Rude to apologize to all women

12:37 pm

lol

12:37 pm

Yeah. I have a long list

12:37 pm

Yes, true. However some never will get it.

12:42 pm

Yeah. I am not perverted in person.

12:44 pm

of course not, we all know that!

12:45 pm

I try not to be, but sometimes the perfect "that's what she/he said" presents itself and I can't pass it up

12:51 pm

HO 6?

12:55 pm

Restrain a pig

12:55 pm

Done! Outta here, y'all. See you tomorrow

12:55 pm

Bye sj

12:56 pm

*waves* *poof*

12:57 pm

ty ruru

sh6, please?

12:58 pm

Hiyas, kiddos!

found it thanks

you're welcome again, Marc. glad we could help. :D

1:13 pm

Restrain a pig? Shame on you, ru! That could be misconstrued by the chat patrol...

Thanks very much. Are you being sarcastic or being more like Sukee this morning.

1:21 pm

Just digging at ru and those that stalk him in the chat.

1:25 pm

55 left...doubt I am back today...

I was referring to hokie's comment

1:36 pm

Marc, I think you cleared things up this morning. At least I hope so.

lol, I was just being sarcastic. I thought it was funny you thank us when you find it yourself.

1:45 pm

I guess "found it, thanks" is just being polite. At least, that is the way I interpret it. Two-dimensional conversation is sometimes missing things. No worries.

1:49 pm

two-dimensional conversation, i like this phrase! pretty apt for online chat!

1:50 pm

did you make that up or is it something people have been calling it that i've failed to notice?

I wasn't complaining about him, just thought it was funny so I said you're welcome both times to be funny.

2:00 pm

Two-dimensional conversation refers to internet conversation that is missing facial expression and tone of voice. I didn't make it up.

2:02 pm

Sarcasm generally fails in internet conversation because it is missing the tone of voice and facial expression. It also fails with people who don't get sarcasm.

yeah, I guess that's the cross us smartasses bear, people who don't get get sarcasm.

Passive-aggressiveness on the other hand is very much in your face.

4babblebuds@gmail.com. Dedicated email address to send screenshots of bullying and other anti-social behaviour om

On Babble.

2:33 pm

Another dual idwntity troll

Until the perpetrators are named and shamed, the bullshit will continue. If anybody sees any instances of bullying, belittling, or Mollyisms, please report them to 4babblebuds@gmail.com. They will be highlighted and Molly will be publically shamed. That goes for that RuRu as well. Enough is enough.

just curious (not being sarcastic), why do you need screenshots if you can just look at the archive?

Unlike Molly I’m not here 24/7. I have a busy life. I’m fed up of the constant bitching. I figured if I put together a synopsis of the horrible comments of Molly, she would either get a grip or bow out.

3:10 pm

What? Are you for real?

Here, here Uncaped Crusader!!! Molly is incapable of getting a grip, no matter how many people have called her out on her holier-than-thou comments. Ru, on the other hand, poses a much more serious problem with his constant references to female genitalia & all things sexual - not a day goes by.

3:15 pm

gnorr

3:16 pm

thank you for creating that email uncaped crusader. Many of us miss the less hostile chog that used to exist. Thank you for this forum

Yes, thank you UC. It's an excellent idea. Trif - totally agree with you about missing the chat the way it used to be - good times.

3:17 pm

used to be, yes. now I hardly ever chat - at all - because it usually ends with snippy comments being made.

Trif - exactly. I'm also glad you too said 'many of us' because when I say it, these bullies on here seem to think I'm making this up.

3:19 pm

you aren't. i have had the pleasure of meeting a whole slew of babblers in real life, and there are a lot of people who are fed up with the snarkiness being sold as "humor" here by certain parties.

Trif - Thanks, it's nice to have that information. I too have gotten super positive feedback when I called her out.

3:25 pm

I've been babbling since 2008, which is not as long as many, but pretty long. I have seen a sharp decline in the tenor of the chog - it used to be a fun, interesting place, where people did not openly insult each other. people swapped advice, recipes, solutions, etc. It's not like that now.

Yep, I remember you. I've been on longer than that. You're right, it's not like that anymore. All those things plus the FUNNY. That was when the funny was actually amazingly funny - those antics of Nutty & Rennie - never to be matched again. I miss them both.

3:30 pm

even now I feel anxious to have said so much - I fear i will get shredded later

3:30 pm

I never, ever used to feel anxious before typing in the chog. it wasn't a risky place.

That's correct. It was an absolutely safe place, it isn't anymore. I will back you up during the shredding. I've been shredded daily now, for weeks, since I made a comment about the inappropriateness of one of ru's remarks. These people on here now, feed on it, makes them feel superior.

Ta-Ta for now Trif. Hope to see more of you. Others as well.

3:41 pm

Wow. I haven’t been on Babble as much as usual lately, but reading this I feel bad that others are being harassed here. I’ve been playing Babble since 2005; to read this saddens me.

3:44 pm

ti 6/24, pls

3:45 pm

I always feel that if a person is offended or hurt by what someone says; it’s important to speak up and tell them! This is supposed to be a place to relax and share with others here; let’s try and return to that place again.

3:45 pm

exhausting, bichon, apropos :-)

3:45 pm

ty dan

3:46 pm

(Sorry, bichon, I’m just starting & don’t have it yet). But I will look with you

3:46 pm

dan clued it for me

Heya Nef! Agreed. The problem is that people do speak up and it has no impact on the bad behavior.

3:47 pm

Yes, I’m just slow today. :-)

3:47 pm

Shredded? Give me a break. I have been joking about the comments from you directed at me. The entry was a typo and i sent it before reading it and apologized at the time

No, you did not apologize. The phrase "don't even get me started on pussy rubbing' does not, in any universe, qualify as a typo. Your joking is not funny, it is hurtful. Added that you have people on here who lay laurels at your feet, encourages you more. And if all you got from all these comments is something about me being shredded, then you have missed the big picture.

Excuses do not equal apologies.

3:53 pm

I give up

Good.

3:53 pm

Hi Babblers! Been here since 2005 and the chat seems normal with ebb & flow of conversation.

3:54 pm

Seriously, I don’t know what that’s all about; but is there a way you 2 could talk it out between the 2 of you soit doesn’t involve the whole chog? (IDK how that can be done, however)

Nef - what he says is offensive to many Babblers, as has been stated before. Many long time Babblers have stopped chatting because of 2 people who are constantly on here. It's a sad situation.

3:58 pm

sh 5/14, pls

4:00 pm

Helen, are you saying that ruru has gone from slightly off-color double entendres to totally rude

I am not laying laurels at ruru's feet but he has been nothing but nice to me. What's offensive to you may not be offensive to others. I was here that day and read it as a double entendre. And I even called out Molly the other day for her perceived (by me) passive-aggressiveness to me, but I said it's hard to tell over the internet what someone actually means. And it seems what you as the uncaped crusader are asking people to do is bully and harass her back.

4:05 pm

carla, spot on [passive agressive]

Don't be an ass carla, I'm no Uncaped Crusader. I'm not the type to hide who I am. I say what I mean. Or, have you not noticed that.

No bichon - not spot on. Way spot off!

Nef - I am saying it is incessant, and many people don't care for it.

Carla - Interesting that you put the word 'offensive' in my mouth. I never once said that - I said it was inappropriate. Two completely different things. Stop reading your own issues into what I say!

4:08 pm

(Sorry, phone call there).

4:09 pm

Can I get a clue for 9 letters please?

I guess you are right that I assumed you were offended. I apologize. It seemed at the time you were greatly offended. No need for name calling me, though.

christa, do you know what it starts with? can't see it in my list.

4:12 pm

Me either. ty

Carla - You accused me of being someone I am not - that's a leap in logic at best & name calling at worst. So pardon me, but that's the way I took it & that's what prompted my response.

oh, ho9. what you are doing when restraining a pig.

4:13 pm

I don’t think it’s offensive and bullying to call people out when they offend and bully others- it’s necessary! We do it all the time at school. If people are unaware of how bristly they come across, it’s good to let them know. Certain people in here seem to delight in snarky comments to others, and they are often straight up nasty. I think that’s unfortunate, and spoils babble

4:13 pm

Found it on Lickety's Babble Clue.

4:14 pm

In all my years here, I’ve never had a problem with ruru although there have been times he’s been more off-color than I’m used too sometimes. I have had a few run ins with Molly, and have told her she was being rude & hurtful; she said she was joking, but did back

well, I'm taking my dog for a walk. you all have a good day.

4:16 pm

(sorry, hit the wrong key). I meant to say that Molly did back off on her sarcastic comments after that for a period of time.

4:17 pm

I have often found ru ru funny, but yes, he crosses the line often. Molly, however, is another case. I have heard from MANY in real life that her CONSTANT presence and belittling others has upset many. And I have been here many a time when people have asked to stop being so unkind. But to no avail. She carries on with seemingly no regard for how offensive she is. I don’t have the time or patience for pot-stirrers.

4:18 pm

So I stopped chatting as much. And, as I said before, I miss the days when the chog was a safe, fun place to visit and NO ONE was sniped at

Trif - Totally agree. Except that when ru crosses that line, he is dangerous.

4:18 pm

Other than my interactions from being attacked by hk and soodle give me once instance when I bullied anyone

4:19 pm

Hmmmm not sure I agree. Dangerous is a bit far fir me. He isn’t anywhere near us, so what danger is there?

4:20 pm

I don’t find you a bully ru ru. Risqué, yes, and that might make some uncomfortable, but not a bully

4:21 pm

And give me one instance since last june that molly said anything. She has been nothing but polite and helpful for iver a year. She is a prettu direct person so many people here read her comments incorrectly and read their own messages into what she has said. You should be complementing her for not stirring up anything.

4:22 pm

I agree, Trifioso. I’m not going to be bullied or let others be bullied; but there are times when it’s just better to remember that you don’t know the person who is responding here; & you may never know them; so if they bother you, slide chog off the screen & just work the grid.

4:22 pm

The only people causing problems now are soodle and hk and all their fake identities

4:22 pm

Completing molly? Not bloody likely, ru

4:23 pm

ruru, asking people to complement Molly is really a bit much.

4:24 pm

Complementing

4:24 pm

To a point Nef I agree, but what bothers me is that anyone should HAVE to do do. I never say anything in the chog I would not say in conversation to someone’s face. I cannot fathom that others here would say the things they type to a persons face. But people are strange, so who knows

Agreed Nef. She has no self-awareness of how she comes across.

4:25 pm

To do so* sorry....

4:26 pm

I think she does, Helen, and doesn’t care. Some people think it’s funny to be mean. It isn’t, and they should know better. But they don’t.

You are all welcome to click on my icon & read exactly what it is that I object to. It will be toward the bottom of the page. Trif - It will answer your question of why I say dangerous.

Ruru, I found great comfort in babble when i was ill. You made me laugh. Crossy, ruby, grannyrose, sprite and many others were chatty and supportive. Then Molly started with the snarky comments and claiming so many long time babblers were fake identities. I'm one of the peopke that was driven from the chat by her and your defence of her.

4:28 pm

I like what you wrote, HK, and it makes a lot of sense.

4:29 pm

Good for you for speaking up Chrissie!

Thank you Trif.

4:30 pm

??Fake Identities?? As in regards to what on Babble?

4:31 pm

At the end of the day, this is a word game, not a frat house or a cocktail bar. I would appreciate it if people acted with a modicum of civility

4:31 pm

I really try to stay out of these "arguments" as I have friends on both "sides." But the ru-bashing is getting to me. If you have issues with Molly, they are with Molly. If you have issues with Ru, they are with Ru. Why are they being lumped together? Why can't we just agree that sometimes people upset us and move on?

4:32 pm

Because ru is choosing to defend molly, and says we should be complimenting her for being so nice?

4:32 pm

Quiet babbler here. This is why other game chats have the ability to mute individual chatters. I'm guessing this one does not.

Molly claimed crossy and another babbler whose. Ame escapes me were the same person. Then flossie had a meet with them both and posted a picture of the 3 of them. She claimed I was also using more than one identity and made sarcastic comments when I entered the chat.

4:34 pm

Oh for the love of god! Get a hobby already! How silly of her to say such a thing

4:37 pm

Poor crossy

4:39 pm

I can tell you that Ru is a truly lovely person. I am sure he didn't deliberately upset anyone. I'm sorry this is happening.

4:39 pm

Shun me if you will :D

4:40 pm

Again, I personally don’t have a problem with ru, except that he gets too randy at times, and I do often feel it’s a bit too risqué for a word game chat group. Molly however, is just mean, and unnecessarily.

Christa - Simply scroll back in the chat today & see where I was accused of being a troll, using a fake identity. It's maddening.

4:41 pm

Nicely summarised Trif

I believe you origami. The only problem I have is his endless defence of Molly. And the way he spoke to hk when she objected to his comment. Swearing at her in capitals was the thing that shocked me

4:42 pm

I do not believe that ru intends to hurt anyone. Just the opposite- I feel he does think for that one extra second before posting. This is a good thing to do.

4:43 pm

Does NOT think..... ru should perhaps consider pausing to reconsider before he hits send.

Ru - I personally invite you to read what I wrote on my page. That should explain to you the issue I have with some of the things you say. It's a very serious issue.

4:56 pm

hk, that invitation to have ru read your profile is a good idea. It might also help to remind him -and others- that sometimes words hurt.

5:02 pm

why do I Always miss the controversial stuff?

How are you today ruby?

5:03 pm

I'm basically terrified

Why?

5:04 pm

i read it HK.. and it confirms to me that you really need help.

5:04 pm

Death looms

5:04 pm

AND Chrissie.. one year ago HK blasted molly and said F Y and F off over nothing and totally went nuts in the chat.

So sorry ruby

5:05 pm

I am tired of her stalking me and jumping on anything i' say... and judge me wrongly.

5:05 pm

oh Ruby what changed.. what happened?

5:06 pm

I have seen the stuff twice, both times HelenKeller was the protagonist. I missed the worst of Molly but I do know she chased Crossy away.

5:06 pm

ruby i am so sorry to that you are feeling so unwell. how can we help?

5:06 pm

i hope you're wrong

5:06 pm

Molly has chased MANY people away.

5:06 pm

I'm sorry Ruby. I thought things were a little better for you.

5:06 pm

and I think it is time we all stopped denying it.

5:06 pm

My chat is stuck and I can't go back and read the arguments. I need the diersion

5:07 pm

ruby, you are so dear to us. how can we help? has something new occurred?

5:07 pm

If you reload chat you can scroll down, that happens to me all the time after I comment.

5:07 pm

i think it's time to move on trif.. a lot of this crap is over 5 years old. Move on

5:08 pm

Better in the sense that the severe pain is less frequent but the obsessie spinning is sometimes all-consuming and none of my friends here speaks English

5:09 pm

Ruby - check your email when you have a chance.

5:09 pm

oh dear ruby! sounds like an inner ear issue?

Ruby, can you open the full chat by clicking on the lttle square box next to my,friends

5:11 pm

ruru, I will take your comments under advisement, and respectfully ask you to do the same with mine. Please remember there are a lot of younger people, older ladies and gentlemen and other people babbling for whom coarse jokes may not be appropriate.

5:11 pm

Yay, I went all the way out and it budged

sukee - I did not come out of the clear blue sky and take a shot at Molly, who I've never said one word to previously & vice versa. She attacked me. Unfortunately for her, it was a delicate topic for me, a trigger topic, if you may, as I suffer with PTSD. But there was no call whatsoever for her to do that. Do not say untrue things about me in the chat. I was not the protagonist at all, I was the victim.

5:11 pm

rubyfoo, what’s happened to you? I’m sorry you feel so bad.

5:13 pm

SHE DID NOT ATTACK YOU HK..she made an open comment in the chat to everyone talking about politics. YOU are the person who took it personally..

Ru - here you are being a bully again, telling Trif to move on. Who are you to say that? And as for your response in reading what I wrote, it just goes to show you are no gentleman and do not understand what mental health really is.

5:14 pm

Sigh.

5:14 pm

I know crazy when i see it.

5:15 pm

bye for now.. i can't even read this nonsense any longer

BS ru - It was not an open comment. I said I was going to see how many errors I could spot in Trump's speech and she told me instead of that do something else, I forget what, but she was specific about it. Stop making her out to be something she is not.

5:16 pm

Too bad we can't block people in here, that would solve everyone's problem.

5:16 pm

this community has a standard for bullying that may be different than other communities. In general, we should try to all be gentle with each other, and not assume bad intent from others, and also not tell victims that they are not really victims

It doesn't matter how many people

5:16 pm

hear hear dan!

5:17 pm

I also feel we should try to be polite. We DO NOT really know how old someone may be, or their situation. it's just not the place for crude humor

Thank you dan.

Molly has offended or upset, ruru seems blindly,devoted

Sorry, post split in two

True on that Chrissie. And if he can't spot the obvious problem with Molly, he sure can't see it in himself.

5:19 pm

Maybe we also should not talk behind people's backs.

5:19 pm

i will say it again - I MISS how the chog used to be, before all this nastiness got rolling. And I believe, I really do, that the tone of the chog took a dive with one person, and her endless, targeted snark

Who's that sukee?

Yes trif

sukee - What are you saying? I don't understand what you mean by your comment about talking behind people's backs.

5:20 pm

I mean not talking about people when they are not here to defend themselves.

5:20 pm

And yes, I have been the target of her snark and have been temped to say something but just let it go.

5:20 pm

me too. but now that I have heard from so many others, Its time to say something.

5:21 pm

I know Kate used to take her on all the time.

Molly is on line. I checked begore I commented so as not to talk behind her back

sukee - you're a special kind of strange. This is an open chat. Anyone is able to see it at any time. I'll lay you 100-1 odds that Molly is reading this right now. As she is omnipresent.

5:21 pm

Molly hax been unfailingly kind to me from the very beginning -- funny, smart and cynical

5:22 pm

Don't start attacking me now just because I spoke up about something.

You are the exception ruby

5:22 pm

that was not a very nice thing to say to sukee, helen

5:22 pm

let us be careful with our own speech

5:22 pm

please

5:22 pm

you are absolutely the exception there, ruby.

yes ruby - she has her chosen few to whom she is nice, and the vasts majority she is very not nice to.

Exceptional ruby :)

5:23 pm

Everyone loves you ruby, that is why.

sukee -- I apologize for the 'special kind of strange' comment. You just floored me by your statement.

5:23 pm

true, chrissie, ruby very exceptional! and we LOVE HER

5:24 pm

Do p eople talk behind my back because I whine so much and type o badly. Thisnis tye oinky place I can speak English

5:25 pm

One of my cats jumped up beside me and is purring, of course, I know he wants treats.

5:25 pm

It's a very oinky place right now, ruby - we are glad you're here

5:25 pm

No one talks behind your back ruby.

Definitely not! You dont whine ruby

5:26 pm

haha

ruby - You do not whine and as far as I've seen over the years, there's been absolutely nothing wrong with your command of English. :)

5:26 pm

And if they did they would be roundly chastisized.

5:26 pm

everybody is struggling with something. kind words and apologies go a long way

5:26 pm

chastized :)

5:27 pm

ruby, the only time I talked behind your back was the day you were so sick & didn’t know what was going on.I worried you werevery ill or very drunk; but it was the fact you were so sick.

5:28 pm

What's weird us managine y care wit doctorsnwhç,do'tspeak Engish;

You are fluent in French though?

5:29 pm

Would you ever consider coming back to the states?

5:29 pm

ruby, I think you are AMAZING

5:30 pm

Well, I have to take a break, take a couple of pills, give the cats some treats :)

Bye sukee. I'm also outta here. Great discussion today. I'm glad all this has been brought to light.

Going here too. Thanks for the chance to share.

5:36 pm

hi all. help with fu7 pls

5:36 pm

fu7 ends like a frozen roof drip

5:36 pm

ty dan looking

5:37 pm

ty dan

5:38 pm

yw - I haven't got many 7's

5:38 pm

I have 5 of the 7

5:39 pm

I really want the plural of tiger to be tigri ;-)

6:03 pm

is the st8 a compound word?

6:04 pm

no

6:04 pm

it usually has re in front of it

6:05 pm

no not a great clue

6:06 pm

dan do you have the fl8?

6:06 pm

I am done

6:06 pm

still helped - monkeyed the st8

6:06 pm

glad it worked

6:07 pm

or glad it helped a little

6:07 pm

congrats peri! I still need the gi6 to finish - can you help?

6:07 pm

it is a gerund

6:08 pm

do you need more help?

6:09 pm

no, I just needed to stop typing giring over and over and over and try something else

6:09 pm

try a vowel

6:09 pm

finally, I am done! thank you peri and lickety and all cluers

6:09 pm

yay for dan

6:09 pm

Congrats!

The Airing of Grievances came early this year - it's not even Festivus yet!

and no, that isn't a knock on anyone, just talking about all-around everyone

8:07 pm

Uncaped Crusader? OMG! WTF! What is this middle school? I can't even...

8:35 pm

Yes. It is like the mean girl cliques

8:42 pm

Weird chog today...and no one involved in certain aspects even noticed the difference between complement and compliment ...

8:44 pm

I was typing on my phone. Excuse me kam

8:45 pm

Complement seemed to fit what you were saying, at least in my mind, ru

8:45 pm

I wasn't poking at you!

8:46 pm

I know

8:46 pm

I'm an "older woman" and you don't offend me, you make me laugh. I just usually stay out of here

8:46 pm

just read chat. i cannot believe unc. (was going to use caps. then thought nope) molly and i had a bad start granted but the cause of that has been removed. as for you, ruru. all i can say is that certain people need some nice pills and a sense of humour. you are a wonderful mate and i am glad you are a part of my life.

8:47 pm

hey ya kam. *hugs*

8:47 pm

Love you Rose!

8:47 pm

Thank you both

8:48 pm

any hints on the st 8?

8:48 pm

Rose, gotta know...what time is where you are?

8:48 pm

a little before midday, kam

8:48 pm

on monday

8:49 pm

Maggie - when a kid loses privliges, minus the prefix

8:49 pm

maggie if it had re before it you would not be allowed to do some things.

8:49 pm

LOLLL.... snap kam

8:50 pm

I spelled that wrong

8:50 pm

Lol

8:50 pm

tyvm

8:50 pm

Was curious on the time diff - it's Sunday evening here, not quite 7

8:50 pm

Typonese. Gets me everytime too

8:50 pm

sad to say kam, i didn't pay no never mind.

8:51 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How are U all doing?

8:51 pm

Hi min!

8:51 pm

*giggle* ruru that sent me searching the grid to see where that word was....

8:52 pm

By the way,congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go

8:52 pm

good eve min

8:52 pm

Hi Min, I don't think we've been here at the same time often. Nice to "see" you

8:53 pm

kam, that's a scary thought. i am 19 hours ahead of you. that makes me 19 hours younger if/when i come to the us of a

8:54 pm

Hi Kamanjah! Your name looks new to me.Nice to see U.

8:55 pm

Geez, if I go to Australia, I get 19 hours older in a blink.

8:56 pm

Min, I've seen your name, but other people I avoid have been on at the same time. I usually am "chatty" an hour or so after the flip when Sprite and Rose help me maintain my sanity.

8:58 pm

or tip kam over into insanity....lolll

8:58 pm

haha!

8:59 pm

I am not usually here at the flip, but I am usually here in the evenings my time. School starts soon so babble time will become limited again for me soon :(

9:00 pm

Already there most of the time - especially after reading today's rants. I see rants from one person on Sudoku too, and I've never even posted in the chat there. I do the grid and leave.

9:01 pm

Min, I'm in Calif. And a night owl.

9:02 pm

I'm a night owl as well, which will make it hard for me to go back to work, I stay up until 2 or 3 during the summer

9:04 pm

Ouch! I'm loving retirement! No 5:30 AM alarms. I assume you're a teacher?

9:05 pm

I am a teacher & summers always go buy way too quickly

9:06 pm

the ranters today are really nice people. we are all adults. why can we agree to disagree and go on as friends?yes i was hurt recently, but i had other issues i needed to sort out. i was vulnerable but that cannot be 'seen'. recognising that it takes two or more to make a quarrel, and choosing to opt out for a while was the only way for me. but i still like/love my friends, all of you. even the ones who sting.

9:06 pm

*can't* we agree

9:08 pm

I always say that it takes two to tango.Even when people sided with my during my divorce, said it takes 2 to tango

9:08 pm

I see no reason adults can't agree to disagree. Especially in a place like Babble. We're all here because we love the language - or word games - or both. The only game we're here to play is in the grid...

9:09 pm

I am so sorry you had a bad experience today Kamanjah.

9:12 pm

No, Min, I just stayed out of the fray. I didn't bother to post or speak my mind - didn't have the energy. Just had to say hi to people I truly enjoy after things quieted down.

9:12 pm

I left a comma out

9:14 pm

*hands kam her missing comma* here dearest " ' ".

grannyrose & Kamanjah - Prior to throwing around accusations, I invite to read my profile. Also, wrong to say anyone was 'ranting.' We were all just speaking our truth.

9:21 pm

I have read your profile, HK. You have had a tough life and have gone thru things most people could never imagine. I'm sorry if you feel accused of something not said. It seems you are the only one mentioning ranting.

9:23 pm

my bad, kam i mentioned ranters. apologies helen.

9:26 pm

Anyway, I'm finally finished with this grid, see you at the flip. And, my chair just dumped me on the floor (thanks to the dog hitting the adjuster) and twisted my ankle, OUCH!

9:31 pm

Oh no!Hope your ankle gets better. Goodnight Kamanjah

Kam - at 9:06 grannyrose said 'ranters.' Stop making false accusations here. Not appreciated.

Kam - what makes you think I've had a tough life??? I've not mentioned anything personal about me in the profile piece I wrote. OMG - yet another assumption! Are you thinking I am an incest survivor or rape survivor? You are wrong. Guess again.

Thank you grannyrose. I just saw your post. No worries.

9:37 pm

You've posted plenty on Sudoku, HK.

Kam. Ah yes indeed. But none of that has anything to do with this issue.

9:41 pm

do you really have to pick fights with everyone HK.. just give it a rest ok?

No ru. When I have things to say, I will say them. Same as you. Devil may care. And also, my bad - you 'are' funny! You know crazy when you see it. Good one! Is that because of all your training as a professional observer of human behavior? Or perhaps your Clinical Psychology PhD? Or perhaps from teaching all those classes at the collegiate and graduate level. Or perhaps from sitting hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year listening to the unimaginable horror stories told by these people. I'm telling you this is a serious mental health issue. Why are disrespecting that?

9:50 pm

PTSD is a serious issue granted. I have no idea how you were raised. But there are ways to reduce its effects. They are doing programs with rapid eye movement that are helping veterans and it seems to be sucessful.

9:51 pm

i am not sure what your other issues are.. i'm not qualified.. but your arguments come off as not rational, and you are easily provoked for the slightest thing.

9:52 pm

that's not my problem to be honest. But i'm not going to be your welcome matt either.. you don't like my humor.. tell me to tone it down and likely I will.

9:53 pm

you mention a number of issues in your profile that leads one to believe you've had a horrible childhood. Why your parents would drill that into you is beyond me. The war was decades ago

9:53 pm

I have suffered trauma as a child that you cannot even fathom, but I'm not letting it run my life

I know that. This has nothing to do with PTSD. It has to do with trigger words that you constantly spew out that are hurtful to people who have been sexually abused. Not rational??? Funny, e-mail & chat today have had the opposite reaction. Stop changing the topic. We are talking about your inappropriate use of sexual content on Babble.

9:56 pm

yes. I was sexually abused too.. and often in my childhood but i've dealt with it.. and I don't carry around a pity wagon and let it ruin the life i have. I don't know how you are dealing with your issues. You appear to be extremely aggressive and I don't know why. just leave me alone please and harass someone else

I do not see anything in my profile to suggest I've had a terrible childhood. My childhood was extraordinarily wonderful. But I see why you say you have no idea why my parents would share everything that happened to them - you're an American and all you know is 9/11.

Did you read the part about doing years of therapy with these folks? I'm simply an advocate.

9:58 pm

i know about WW2 my father was in it. My wife was Jewish and i heard plenty from her family about the horrors of Nazi Germany.> but I have no idea where you get these ideas.. you are condescending and abusive yourself.

9:59 pm

my ex wife has PTsd from her past and she's seeing a specialist soon to deal with it. I have helped her through a lot.

10:00 pm

We who suffer with PTSD tend to be a harsh lot. Do not worry about me. I've been in therapy a long time. I have baggage & I know what's in every bag should I choose to open it.

10:00 pm

Ru - Deal. You stop making sexually suggestive comments and I will absolutely not say anything to you.

10:01 pm

Sorry to break the ice here,but not very much in the way of clues today with all of this back and forth. Can I have a clue for the ti 7/40 word please and thank you!

10:01 pm

descriptive of the big cat with stripes Miniver

10:01 pm

Sorry Min - I'm not that far yet.

10:02 pm

Thank you rururocks! Sorry, I did not see your entrance.

10:04 pm

I will tone it down, and I will read my posts before hitting enter (a problem of mine).. but I'll joke around with people here as I see fit. Thanks

10:05 pm

Ok, then we should be fine. :)

11:31 pm

hello

11:32 pm

Hi Jane

11:35 pm

don't see the big cat, oh wait, I see it!

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