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12:00 am

Hello! :D

12:01 am

Morning all :) q/7 40

12:01 am

Hello!

12:01 am

oh no sorry about that was just trying to give you clues for the rh's

12:01 am

Hi zub-zub!

12:01 am

Hi all

12:02 am

and another q7/40

12:02 am

hi there people and here we go again!

12:03 am

got the Qu 7 right away! It's a piece of change....a coin

12:03 am

Hello to all! Am I the only one who wants to put the kettle on? :D

12:03 am

16 q's. I'm going to bed.

12:04 am

how many words?

12:04 am

lol

12:04 am

165 total

12:05 am

thanks darleen!

12:05 am

155 words. I'm off to bed too.

12:05 am

Stats posted at Babblers Anonymous.

12:05 am

theres another q/7

yeah i just noticed that too :)

12:05 am

wow you are fast tonight brandyjack and ty

12:05 am

4 of them actually.............

12:05 am

got that one, Deb! :)

12:06 am

hi torgone! Long time! 155? Doesn't sound too bad.

12:06 am

Morning all :)

12:06 am

hi there sprite!

12:06 am

Hi Sprite & GW

12:06 am

Morning sprite!

12:07 am

wow brandy - hey where's that banana you were sporting earlier?

12:07 am

Morning Brandy & Woulf

12:07 am

Hey Schroeder!

12:07 am

looks like firefox changed it back..........

thanks for the posting at babbler's anonymous, brandyjack

12:08 am

hi Schroeder

12:08 am

Think you need to refresh first. I see a banana. I see two banana's.

12:08 am

q/9 72

12:09 am

and now explorer pputs it back. wierd..... Hey Doc.... Firefix won't allow me to upload my new icon. Known problem?

12:09 am

let me log onto my other server and see what you look like

12:09 am

W7/44

12:09 am

Morning itzie....well done...

12:09 am

e 7/28 - is that high enough to post? i'm excited i never got a bigger one this early :)

12:09 am

Might get it in 24 hours, zubie.

12:10 am

Yo, sprite!

12:10 am

Har, what'll happen if I fire up two browsers on the same account with different icons?

12:10 am

More than big enough, Leslie! WTG!

12:10 am

ok -sorry it was this connection - you're still a peeled banana

12:10 am

Hi Stillcrazy

12:10 am

Hi everyone -- thank you brandyjack

12:10 am

ok, refresh for the new me.

12:11 am

war of the icons?

12:11 am

Debs40ish is that a 3rd q7?

12:11 am

oh I love it!

12:11 am

Hi Cybernan!

12:11 am

hi there cybernan!

12:12 am

What you see will depend on which browser I use. If I switch to Firefox, it'll go back to the mate's pic. On Explorer it switches to the funky banana pic for Miyavi...

12:12 am

a8/40

12:13 am

Miyavi is having a sex education class or test today, so Anj orchestrated a banana icon day in her honour.....

12:13 am

oh dar - your cute in you pj's

12:13 am

Theres 4 qu 7's !

12:13 am

n/7

12:13 am

thanks Deb just saw that. ugh.

12:14 am

LOL @ the banana support for miyavi.

12:14 am

Cool! I just found a wolf/banana image! How does it look?

12:14 am

Which is fine for us guys, but I think the ladies should see how many truly exotic orchids they can come up with..........

12:15 am

e/7 28

12:15 am

Woulf: pretty vague :(

12:15 am

Morning/evening guys and girls :) ((((((xxxXxxx)))))) Torgone :o)

12:15 am

hi lotti good to see you!

12:16 am

Hi lotti!

12:16 am

I didn't think it would work out too well cos it's a line drawing (of a wolf pulling at a bunch of bananas)

12:16 am

e/7 28 x 2

12:17 am

Stillcrazy......loving the new hair do!!!lol

12:17 am

yeah, wolf, I figured that. But it is kinda hard to see

12:17 am

darn, i don't think my banana icon can be read

12:17 am

ty lotti.....it's the new bedhead look

12:17 am

Hi Sprite, how are you ?

12:17 am

e/8 50

12:18 am

Wait Woulf... now you said what it is, I can recognize it. Nice! So very much in style today :D

12:18 am

Well well well! Good morning, lotti! How I have wished to say that!

12:19 am

thanks, sprite :) since I don't have the time to create my own image and couldn't find anything else, I'll keep it for now

12:19 am

Aww honey xx Still in need of my nusing skills? ;)

12:21 am

More than ever, luv. Can't concentrate, can't sleep, can't get comfortable....

12:22 am

this one is full of wonderful long words! I'm finding too many to post about!

12:23 am

Where to start massaging first....mmm, your choise or mine? I have to say, you`re looking very dashing too :)

12:25 am

Googled bananas and a picture of Elvis came up..I'll go with it for now..How about working out the kinks in my neck, then moving on to other kinks? .? .?

12:26 am

um, you guys? everyone else is still here! ;)

12:27 am

Sorry . .AHEM SORRY . .sorry . . SOOOOO . . .Tough grid, eh? . . . .ahem . . .

12:28 am

No problem babe, i like to start at the top and work my way down....(best for last and all that!!!) This is on the condition you grab a shower with me in about 20 mins ;o)

12:33 am

As I am very conservation oriented, coed showering makes perfect sense . . .and it's fun! Good clean dirty fun.

12:35 am

Okay, for this once, especially for miyavi. Refresh, guys.

12:36 am

Yeah Sprite!!!lol

12:38 am

it works, sprite - lol

12:39 am

OMG, Sprite, she`ll love it!! We have to get dirty to get clean babe!!!!!

12:39 am

so many bananas, so little time!

12:40 am

hmm, that didn't work... how about now?

12:40 am

Have all the icons gone bananas? :O [resurfacing in surprise]

12:41 am

Oooh La La!

12:41 am

Aye!

12:41 am

:D Wow, what a buncha....

12:41 am

Cute LeslieAnn

12:41 am

LOL sprite....I love it!

12:41 am

Hey there, Griff!

12:42 am

Hi Griffums!!

12:43 am

I am clearly not dressed to speak here! I'll be quiet and work the grid!

12:43 am

ok had to fit in so now I do

12:46 am

[Decides to hide]

12:47 am

Don't hide zubie....

12:47 am

zubie, you can just write banana a bunch of times, that can count

12:51 am

I'm going to call it a night everyone...I'll see the bunch of you later.....

12:51 am

a quick peep before work........... 16 Q'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good morning

12:52 am

hi karenth!

12:52 am

G'nite Schroeder! Sorry to see you split!

12:52 am

Bye Schroeder :) Hi Karen :)

12:52 am

night Schroeder, sleep well!

12:53 am

hi stillcrazy lotti your up early :)

12:54 am

I need to go toss and turn for a few hours.. Seey'all later. (((((((((XxXXXXXxXXXXXxxxx)))) ))))))) lotti!

12:55 am

Ok this is the sexiest flower I could find. It's called clitoria ternatea, or the butterfly pea. That's all I'm sayin.

12:55 am

Ok, LeslieAnn! Bananas-bananas-bananas! Am I initiated into the Banana Society now? :)

12:55 am

sleep well, torgone

12:55 am

Woulf... 'sorry to see you split' is an interesting remark, in view of all the banana's :)

12:56 am

I just thought it was a bad pun myself ;)

12:56 am

I like it ;)

12:56 am

I usually am Karen, gotta get myself sorted before i wake the kids.....Speaking of which, grab your towel Torgone it`s shower time!!! See you later everyone ;o)

12:57 am

have a great day, lotti

12:58 am

babye lotti...see you later.

12:58 am

no orchids?

12:59 am

I think lotti saying 'I usually am Karen' is interesting too. But then I am just barely awake. Bye lotti, have a great day! You too, torgone :)

Well, yeah, I can get an orchid but I thought a flower called "clitorea" would get a bigger, uh, rise out of people.

1:02 am

spatial, I am so sorry to tell you... but babble will not recognize any clit. :(

*spatialbean pouts and goes to get an orchid.*

1:12 am

omg... I love the A8/40! What a funny word to find!

1:20 am

Sprite do you have a clue for the a/8 40?

1:20 am

I like the orchids, spatial. Is there anyone left here? It's so peaceful here all of a sudden.

1:21 am

morning all, morning sprite :)

1:21 am

It is an animal, Lucky. It lives on very tiny, six-legged animals.

1:22 am

hi Chessy!

1:23 am

cool bananas everywhere, I'll just draw in a few. ((((((((

1:23 am

sorry, sprite -- just focused hence not much chat... Hi Lucky and chessy!

1:23 am

LOL! Works for me... miyavi will love the support.

1:24 am

Hey Greywoulf !

1:24 am

Hi GreyWoulf :)

1:26 am

For the rest, this grid and me aren't becoming friends fast. I am allowed to enter Re5/18, but it will not take 'pouring a clear liquid over something again'. Nor will it recognize 'attaque'.

1:26 am

sprite ... six legged animals brrrrrrrrr that clue does not help .. it gives me the shivers!

1:28 am

Oh thank god sprite I thought that my computer was going heywire because attaque was not validated but I quess there is hope

1:28 am

Lol! Well... picture a lot of them. You find them in heaps. Loads. They build high ;) And they crawl and they sting. And then, out of nowhere, our savior appears. With his long and sticky whip he wipes out the creepy intruders... *to be continued*

1:28 am

Lucky - insecta!

six legged little bitty bugs that bother you at picnics

1:29 am

those six legged animals are picnic bugs

1:29 am

thanx sprite, got it now ...

1:31 am

zubie and stillcrazy thanks got it now!

1:31 am

At least we have some bugging words back in the grid. Who asked for vulcanos yesterday? Also a needle holder. And the T-currency.

1:32 am

you are welcome lucky!

1:36 am

Time for me to go to bed, ladies I can't keep my eyelids up anymore (all these T's and E's are draining) I hope to see you all later (*hugs for all*) TTFN

1:37 am

Goodnight GreyWoulf :)

1:37 am

*hugs Woulf right back* Sweet dreams!

1:37 am

gnight Grey Woulf...hugs to u2 and sweet dreams

1:42 am

165 words / 5.16 / 2557 points today. Any need for clues?

1:44 am

Well done sprite, awesome as always ... have a banana (((

1:44 am

wtg sprite!

1:48 am

And with that, my connection went bananas and firefox closed down. But one thing bananas and boomerangs have in common... so I am back.

1:50 am

A few q hints please?

1:51 am

how many q words please?

1:53 am

Yes sprite lets spill the beans .. eh the clues and give us a break en 8/50 and it 7/28??? pretty plz?

1:54 am

there are 16 q words

1:56 am

There are 7 q-words related to 1/4. One is interesting, said of a fever that occurs every fourth day. Two spellings of ancient question. Two for silence, two for rows. One for 24 sheets of paper, 1/24 of a ream. And one you have in the E-department, just leave out the first E.

1:56 am

it 7 is to utter or say again

1:58 am

hi all...looks like I missed a big first 2 hours. Sprite~ hats off to you... well done.

1:58 am

En8/50: An earnest request or petition; a plea it7/28: To say or perform again; repeat And I must have missed one Q clue, for I gave 15, I think.

1:58 am

Sorry folks, have to scoot.... bbl!

1:58 am

Ah, yes, the Q you find near water of course.

1:58 am

en 8 is a prayer or petition

1:59 am

ok lucky have a good one!

1:59 am

Have fun scooting, Lucky :)

2:00 am

I'm done - that was a nice easy puzzle. Everyone have a good day / afternoon / evening / night -

2:00 am

bibi Griffs!

2:00 am

hi jenwould.

2:01 am

good job Griffums! have a good night/day

2:02 am

wow, Griff -- very impresive -- still have 43 to go and I'm calling it a night.

2:02 am

hello to all just jumping in..... Sprite where did the bananna come from ??

2:02 am

night cybernan....sleep well

2:04 am

hi Blaze....a good lot of us went bananas!

2:04 am

I see that now... how do you do that...??

2:04 am

Hi Blaze! The banana is for miyavi, as a token of support. She seems to have some sexrelated exam today.

2:06 am

oh no... not the what to do to protect the bananna class. my girls were so discussed with that.... LOL

2:07 am

:D Jen, I am sorry, missed your greeting! Hi there and good luck hunting, this is a fun grid.

2:08 am

My heart is not in it! 86 words and I'm not doing anything to sniff after the others! Could it be that I'm all babbled out? :o

2:09 am

I don't think there is a thing like 'babbled out'. :)

2:09 am

Zubie never... do you need some haddock for support or chocolate....

2:15 am

Any good clues on the qu 9/72? Pretty please?

2:16 am

Chocolate, Blaze, although I'm not a big fan of it! :)

2:16 am

zubie maybe you just need a nap... we all do sometimes...

2:17 am

musicians sounding very feminine

2:18 am

Q9: french-style elongated version of the 3rd Q7/40

2:19 am

I think I do, Blaze. Or maybe I'm just iffy because of the ankle!

2:20 am

Thanks sprite!

2:20 am

Zubie did you have it checked to make sure there are no factures...or cracks...??

2:24 am

Well, Blaze - no xray, but the doctor didn't think that an xray was necessary. :s

2:25 am

the reason I asked is that my daughter once sprained her ankle and then got kinda ill feeling after a few days and when they did do xrays there was a crack and that was causing her nausea and tiredness.... take care of yourself...

2:28 am

I will, Blaze. I'll get an xray if the pain doesn't subside soon. :s

2:28 am

Sounds like a plan. Won't hurt to check.

2:29 am

Lol. :D Nice pun, sprite! No, it won't hurt at all to check!

2:30 am

who said this was a fun grid..??? I must be losing my mind...

2:31 am

Just finished the rubbish q's. Now I am going to look for the lists!

2:31 am

morning zubie :D

2:32 am

Hi mica! How are you?

2:34 am

;) zubie. Hope you will be without pain pretty soon. I know how pain drains your energy :( Er Blaze... I thought it was a fun grid. Did you find the A8 already? My absolute favorite of today. Got to go, good luck hunting all of you and enjoy your day/night/whatever!

2:34 am

Have a great day sprite :)

2:35 am

I did find it... I think it will be okay I was just getting stuck on a few and a little distracted... all is well in foggy Vancouver.....

2:35 am

Ok. Thanks, sprite. Have a nice day/night, too!

2:42 am

Morning all...... Sprite d'u like my banana dog?

2:44 am

morning tbear

2:44 am

omg.... how sweet! I love it, tbear! Bye!

ra5/18 n e 1? pls

2:44 am

Morning Blaze...how are you?....didn't realise Sprite was off!!

2:46 am

happy I do not have enough words yet...

ok

2:47 am

Good morning Blaze, tbear (so cute). Bye Sprite. And I think hi to mica and zubie! An all others. Just dropping in for a moment to peak at the puzzle.

ra5/18: more uncooked

2:48 am

Hey mab...love the Carmen Miranda headgear...

2:48 am

had to get in on the bananna thing

2:49 am

Thanks. The banana is so prominent!

SummerBreeze944 mmwwa thx can get 2 work now b 4 im missed. c u l8r

2:49 am

As bananas should be.....lol

Stay happy!

2:50 am

Blaze......haute coiture,I'm sure

2:51 am

the banannas are real that is definetly NOT me....LOL

2:52 am

Come on Blaze,we'd recognise those legs anywhere!!

2:53 am

oh okay.......

2:54 am

A clue for a tw4 please? I've got two of them and am going dizzy looking for the third

2:55 am

do you have the nasty word ?

2:55 am

zubie...have you got the tw__dle dum one

2:56 am

are you losing your wa(y)e

2:56 am

and the 'I'm am such a tw__'

2:57 am

tbear over here that is a nasty word....towards females

2:57 am

Got it now! Thanks Blaze and tbear! I didn't know that that was a word!

2:58 am

Sort of here too but it is commonly used as idiot too

2:58 am

gotcha.....

2:59 am

I must depart for the sleep portion of my day.... see you tomorrow.....

2:59 am

Well, wasn't I a tw4 for not knowin that it was a word!

3:00 am

Ok. 'Night, Blaze!

3:00 am

Nitey nite Blaze....don't forget to take off that banana dress before you sit down......sleep well

3:01 am

zubie....that makes tw_ of us...haha

3:01 am

ha ha.... that would need a lot of protection.... I must change that before morning I will scare myself when I log in.....LOL

3:02 am

Night Blaze. I to bed too. Night early birds and night owls, and all the regular birds in between.

3:03 am

Haha tbear! :D

3:03 am

Sleep well mab....same goes to you with that headress

3:19 am

off to nurse my current cold.....hasta luego...

4:01 am

Phew. Done! 165, 2557. About time, too. :s I wasn't even in a good mood to do this. :s

4:02 am

it's 4am here... no one's been on the log for a while... did you all go bananas? have to "peel" yourselves from the grid... ???

4:02 am

zubie... terrific! congrats that's bananatastic!

4:03 am

Lol, jen. Yes, they went bananas and I hid because I couldn't do likewise. I had a bad time finishing today. At 80, just lost all interest. Silly ankle. How are you?

4:03 am

Congrats zubie, good going. Any chance of a clue for re7/28 afore ye go?

4:03 am

LOL, jen! You're bananababbleristically descriptive!

4:04 am

re 7/28 - When I go, jen, I'll be beating a hasty re 7/28!

4:04 am

yes, I just finished reading the posts... would have joined in the banana fun but unable to change Icon at work. So is there a cool story to go along with the injured ankle?

4:04 am

Oops, sorry, I meant, re 7/28 and Cheesy! Hi Cheesy. Thanks!

4:04 am

thanks zubie, hope the ankle mends quickly :)

4:05 am

Lol - not so cool! Just tripped over my own leg and the sofa, in the room! How boring is that? :D

4:06 am

Thanks, Chessy! Sorry. I keep mistyping your name!

4:06 am

boring? no... wouldn't have been the first word I'd use to describe but why kick someone while they're down right? So is it changing colors yet?

4:07 am

LOL! You're the second person to ask me that! Is it supposed to change colours? It hadn't, last night. I'll check again tonight and let you know tomorrow! :D

4:09 am

well Zubie, is it at least swollen? don't forget to "rice" it! Do you know r.i.c.e.?

4:09 am

Rest Ice Compress Elevate R.I.C.E.

4:10 am

I don't know 'r.i.c.e' - what is it? It is swollen. Big and swollen and podgy!

4:10 am

Ah! I am CEing it and not so much RIing it! Have to work so can't rest it or ice it as much as it should be!

4:11 am

best to prop up at night, in bed, with a couple of frozen bags of peas wrapped around it....

4:13 am

also alternating between warm and cold soaks every other day... helps to break the blood clots (bruising) and increase blood flow. (used to play soccer. tons of sprained ankles)

4:13 am

I shall do that! But peas?

4:14 am

zubie, could I also trouble you for a clue for the very first re word, the re4/4. It's hiding somewhere but I can't find it :(

4:16 am

sure peas are great. not as big as ice/ easier to spread around more of your ankle and round / less sharp edges to hurt like ice cubes and ice chips. then just refreeze... but don't cook them for Thanksgiving dinner... keep in freezer for additional "preplanned acrobatic tumbles in the living room that allow you to practive new yoga positions"

4:16 am

re 4/4 - could it be hiding to the re4/4 of other words?

4:17 am

thanks zubie, haddock time for me I think. Maybe cooked with a few frozen peas :)

4:18 am

LOL, Chessy! :D

4:18 am

chessy, just cooked myself a few dozen te/5 ... they are colorful and great as a side... should I send you some?

4:19 am

is it a very big puzzle today?

4:19 am

165 words, mica.

4:20 am

165 mica... lots of q words

4:20 am

LOL, jen. Just read your suggestion for post-ankle-therapy peas! :D

4:21 am

ack i only got 7 but there seems to be a lot of big words i found alot just by monkeying around without seeing the stats

4:21 am

i have been sweating a lot on this puzzle..and that's a clue for wa 7/44 :)

4:23 am

ok off to get some much needed coffee and oddly I'm craving a banana :-) see ya zubie/// rice rice baby!

4:25 am

No "Tweener"? That's totally a word.

4:25 am

Will do, jen! :) Take care and seeya soon

4:27 am

Ok. I think I should leave now. Any clues needed before I go?

4:32 am

weird the volcanoe name wasnt accepted some days ago

4:35 am

Well, I'm out of here now. Seeya everyone!

5:22 am

{waits patiently to open the door to the Babble room unsure of whether she is too early... what if I'm the only one there? well she thinks... I'm the only one standing in the hallway looking like a moron waiting to open the babble door}...

5:22 am

Hi Jen! I'm there too!

5:22 am

Come in, jen, there's more of us here than you think.

5:24 am

was wondering when the other side of the earth (well not other side so much as ... ) what? was wondering when you ladies would sign on ! morning!

5:24 am

good morning jen!

5:24 am

Sherry, I see you woke up on the wrong yet determined side of the banana

5:25 am

Hi Poo's MOm! Jen: definitely!

5:25 am

I've not been on for long - the first flush of enthusiasm is still upon me. The fog hasn't cleared from here for three days now - so much for crisp autumn mornings...

5:25 am

hey poo's mom... wish I were at a different computer... want desperately to change icon to something more bananariffic

5:26 am

Haz: lol! We had fog in Toulouse but during the night. NOw we've got a bright sunny day!

5:26 am

Nothing like rubbing it in...

5:27 am

really! it's trying to sleet here... snow by night

5:27 am

One of the 8 letter words is just fab!! (not a clue, just saying its a cool word!!!)

5:28 am

Hi Atalante!

5:29 am

Atalante: first letters please? I'm about to go but I'd like to find that one before I leave.

5:33 am

Nevermind! Gotta go now! See ya folks!

5:33 am

Sherry - I just looked up the stats - there's an an8, an en 8 and an ra 8

5:34 am

Thanks Haz!

5:34 am

I'm gone now! :)

5:36 am

Bye - could it be the en/50 - an earnest request?

5:36 am

oops! too late! and thanks Haz - now to find the ra 8!

5:43 am

another day, another one finished!!! This is scary!!!

5:43 am

Well done, judirae. Why the fear?

5:44 am

I am not very good at this....so finishing is a little amazing!

5:45 am

It takes a combination of skills and persistence to finish. You've obviously got them, so well done!

5:47 am

Thanks Haz

5:48 am

I'm a good way off finishing myself, but hope to catch up with you eventually.

5:49 am

if you need help, I will be here a bit longer

5:49 am

Thanks - I may hold you to that!

6:06 am

what a grid. first the word just flood out. now 74 words in it's starting to dry up. despite clues i'm not near to any 8's!

6:13 am

if you have the 2nd en7/28 just add a consonant for the 8/50, if you haven't got the 7 take the en and add to your tr5/10

6:13 am

sorry forgot to say Afternoon all!!

6:15 am

Afternoon to you FMitch! It's morning here so here's hoping everyone has a wonderful day!

6:16 am

Morning Mickie, good day so far! and happy that I have cracked the back of this puzzle at 131 words now.

6:17 am

looking for the 1st qu6/27 (also the 3rd)?

6:19 am

qua6: Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation

6:21 am

the 3rd 6/27 is the french for four

6:22 am

just missing two q's now. 3rd q6/27 & q9?

6:23 am

qu9: a singing group made up of 4 people

6:24 am

Uneaixoise- easy thanks, had the other spelling all the time. just the 3rd q6/27 to go

6:26 am

done with the q's. thanks for all the help.

6:27 am

kudos!

6:28 am

any clues for the an8/40 PLEASE

6:28 am

Any clue for the ya6/24 please, I have the easy one

6:29 am

ya6 rhymes with ra6 and na6

6:30 am

i've got that y6, what's rhe other?

6:31 am

Uneaixoise that's the easy one, any clue on the other? please

6:32 am

it rhymes with a word repeated in meditation--it's your individual specific word

6:34 am

????

6:35 am

thats a good clue une - I was trying to think how to put that myself!

6:35 am

thanks--wasn't sure!

6:35 am

Morning all. Ishult - Think 'Hare Krishna Ma****'.

6:35 am

Thank you Uneaixoise, that's me done, anything you need?

6:36 am

Good morning (afternoon,evening) everyone. Poo's mom - can't see the icon clearly - is that a banana aleph or a bananabeast?

6:37 am

thanks, dave, but i'm not close enough to the end to see what's gonna mess me up!

6:37 am

got it ty

6:37 am

Ok thanks for your help

6:38 am

mmmpphh-- Still on 1st cup of coffee. Could swear I saw 16 Q words.

6:38 am

Ishult - where do you live in the south? Have many friends and family there - a whole moshav in the Galil stocked by my family, and have spent a lot of time there, although not for aboaut 5 years.

6:40 am

wanted to say good morning while I grab the grid and run to work..checking my icon for Miya!!

6:40 am

speed-- your icon has a peel!

6:41 am

Groans...

6:41 am

I see banana cream pie

6:41 am

lol tied to find one on a race car but running out of time!!

6:42 am

Time to peel out of here and split to work...

6:43 am

later, speed.

6:43 am

sandypops, an8/40, an animal that devours an enormous amount of another much smaller one.

6:46 am

an8-- long nose, darting tongue, etc.

6:47 am

It eats its name as well, lol.

6:48 am

Aww thanx joelgee and carolecs I thought of that one but didn't fink it fitted...should have tried it...thanx anyway stopped me searching further & doing me head in

6:49 am

sandypops-- it's a twisty one.

* skips into room* hi, everybody! bananas all around, is it?

6:49 am

hey, tmeple!

6:50 am

Hi, everyone, movieman here... Seeing as many babblers have chosen a banana motif for their icons, I thought I'd add my contribution!!!

6:50 am

1st cup of coffe. *temple owl's entrance. take two* Hey, Temple!

6:51 am

Please say you'll keep the bananas all day... can't wait to get to a computer that will allow me to fit in with all the bananas!

6:52 am

movieman-- hi. can't quite make out your icon. album cover? bananarama?

6:52 am

jenwould-- we'll wait for you to be part of the bunch.

joelgee - and i don't even touch coffee...heard bowie on the radio driving in...wouldn't that put anyone into a good mood : )...

lol Joelgee

6:53 am

Well, it's time for me to peel myself away at 117 words and go and do some work. TTFN - don't slip on any banana skins!:-)

6:53 am

Yes it would.

6:53 am

joel, it's just an image I found after typing in "banana" in google image search...

6:54 am

tried googling banana once. Amazing what one finds.

6:55 am

like googling donkey

6:55 am

Can't fritter all day away here. ROFLOL. *Slips off, wondering how many more banana jokes there can be.*

6:56 am

jac-- have a good one. Hopefully not too many more. Une. Like your new image.

6:56 am

takes a lot of crust to make banana pie jokes.

Jaq - didn't recognize you! good day!

6:57 am

Good morning all - looks like it's banana day around here

6:57 am

by the way: banana, fritter. *shakes head. Wonders what would happen if all these people were in the same room*

6:58 am

doll-- what makes you say that?

6:58 am

I think I would need my morning coffee before entering that room

i am hovering debating whether to type in that first word... (jean genie, let yourself gooo)...well perhaps i'll return the first call of the day...darn customers....

6:59 am

Hi All - just a brief visit to see how the bananas are doing :D

6:59 am

1st re 5/18?

7:00 am

temple-- go ahead. type. it's only one. it's not like it's going to lead to anything.

7:00 am

anj-- hi. I see you're all bunched up.

jeolgee! LOL! hi, anj...

7:01 am

...you've got to hand it to me :)

7:02 am

I see it's banana icon day and bad banana joke day as well - lol

joelgee...i can see the clues becoming very scarce today...LOL

7:03 am

Hi Temple, Doll :) I'm sure we can slip a few in now and then :)

7:04 am

banana day was on purpose to honor miyavi_fan's sex ed class today. Babbler's idea, I think. Banana jokes seem to be an unforeseen banana byproduct.

7:05 am

they have such appeal

7:06 am

Well since you have a good reason for the icons I guess we will have to put up with the banana jokes

7:06 am

to paraphase Freud, on the other hand, sometimes it's just a banana

7:07 am

too early for me to go banana hunting haven't had my coffee yet

7:07 am

tee hee! Banana Day's going well, I see! : D

doll - i have a feeling i may begin coffee drinking soon...or maybe just drinking.... : )

7:08 am

pooh's mom's icon was my favorite. It was a banana in the shape of the symbol representing 3.1416. I believe she was banana pie.

7:08 am

Hey Babbler, nice bunch :)

7:08 am

Temple that sounds like a plan to me

ah, the evil genius appears...hi babs!

7:08 am

babbler, see what you started.

7:09 am

eva, just came back and spotted your question. I live very south, on a small kibbutz called Ketura.

7:09 am

Hey Anj, I could say the same about you! :)

7:09 am

Great idea this banana day thing Babbler not to sure about the jokes it's inspired though

7:09 am

Hey, guess what??? We can all ask each other how it's hanging !! lol !!

7:09 am

So, babbler, you're the one responsible, eh...?

7:09 am

anybody thinks the galil is the SOUTH of israel?take a map.

7:10 am

check out my profile, movieman, I've been given a mucho very important job to do ; )

7:11 am

So Babbler... How is it hanging?

7:11 am

movieman-- much better. I've looked at detailed icons that I liked, but knocking 'em down in size doesn't work well. my op. anyway.

7:11 am

...well there's nothing wrong with getting fruity :D

7:11 am

very well, thank you , Doll! LOL!! : D how about you?

7:12 am

oh dear, with all the bananas in here, i sure hope i dont slip and fall on one of them... that has no a-peel to me!

7:13 am

Just trying to get a few words in before getting ready for work and looks like I can't get past reading the log but other than that doing well

7:13 am

Hi EvaNadine :)

7:13 am

mornin. :)

7:13 am

Greetings and saluations my appealing Fellow Babblers!

7:13 am

evandine-- i'm sure your turkey is stuffed with bananas.

7:13 am

Seems I'm addicted to bad jokes

7:14 am

jera-- hi.

7:14 am

what bad jokes?

7:14 am

hi evanadine hi jera eerrrrr. .... how's it hanging ?? :D

7:14 am

Jera, is it dress down day at work today? I see your banana in pajamas, just walked down the stairs but where o where is the 2nd banana of the pair?

7:14 am

morning evandine and jera

7:14 am

My daughter has humbly suggested cats for tomorrow's theme...

7:14 am

trying o getinto the banana spirit, but having trouble switching my icon. Any tips?

7:15 am

Er, ...what do you call a gorilla with a banana in each ear?

7:15 am

Then cats it will be, in honour of Jera's little girl !! :D

7:15 am

ok joel not bad but corny - how's that

7:15 am

lshult -- looks very banana-y from here! perhaps you need to refresh your browser. :)

7:15 am

ishuit-- depends. what problems are you having?

7:15 am

lshult, I'd have thought Garfield had just busted out of a big ole banana himself!

7:15 am

Since it's just me, I wanted a loner banana... but then I saw this one with a baby in its lap & I couldn't resist!

7:16 am

corny would be a whole other theme. Let's not stalk that one too far.

7:16 am

Thank you, Babbler, my Sprite will be thrilled!

7:16 am

Ok Anj I give - what's the punch line

7:16 am

jera, now I see the baby ... my eyes don't usually drift down there. (hee-hee)

7:17 am

Doll, anything you like - he can't hear you :D

7:17 am

Jera - I've just put it in my profile...... ; )

7:17 am

it seem to havework after all (just time deleyed)

7:18 am

Yay! Thanks, Babbler!

7:19 am

Back to babbling, any clue for ye5 (not the yiddish one)?

7:19 am

Hey hey!!

7:19 am

artlady-- banana bunch?

7:19 am

Told you all I'm a sucker for bad/corny jokes and now that I've used up all my time reading this log I must go get ready for work see you all later

7:19 am

hey artlady : )

7:20 am

Applause, please, for the latest singing sensation... BaNaNa!

7:20 am

Morning Artlady

7:20 am

Hi Artlady :) Mine's Eric Banana - he's method acting a crowd scene at the moment :D

7:20 am

Impressive postion you have there Babbler

7:21 am

yyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy *crowds cheer*

7:21 am

i think if i were to jump in on the bana these, id probably pick this for my icon: http://www.scottieflamm .com/NEW/art/small% 20repro/sBananaDancerPoster.jp g

7:23 am

Although you all missed my singing late last night... "I'm just mad about Saaafrooonnnn..."

7:23 am

mmmm flying bananas lol :)

7:23 am

why thank you, Doll! can't see the link , evanadine : /

7:23 am

"They call me mellow yellow."

7:23 am

We were on a yellow song kick...didn't come up with too many. "Yellow Submarine," "Mellow Yellow"...I just thought of "Yellow Bird.."

7:24 am

electrical bananas bound to be the very next thing.

7:24 am

"that's right!" (for Joelgee)

7:24 am

babbler -- be sure to take out the spaces. :)

7:24 am

"goodbye yellow brick road"

7:24 am

how about, "Yellow, Dolly"

7:24 am

............. : D Josephine BAker !!!!!!!!!!!!

7:25 am

i dont think its actually her, but same basic idea. :)

7:25 am

...Tie a Yellow Ribbon...round the old Palm Tree :)

7:25 am

captain spaulding singing, "yellow, I must be going."

7:25 am

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree......" ; )

coldplay's "yellow".....

7:26 am

or maybe id go for something more like this one...hehe: http:// eil.com/newgallery/Bananarama- Love-Truth--Hones-100447.jpg

7:26 am

was there a song called Yellow River ??

7:27 am

then, there's movies: I am curious, yellow Old yeller

7:27 am

lshult ~ If it's the Y word I think you are looking for just change the last vowel.

babbler yes - i thinkit was creedence ...

7:28 am

goodness - this looks like a vaudeville act billing all of the top bananas 8)

7:28 am

yellow, my baby. yellow my honey. yellow my ragtime doollll!

7:28 am

Yellow mooooon, I saw you standing alone... :)

7:29 am

big yellow taxi

7:29 am

this is a wild bunch today.

7:29 am

What was the highlight of the banana gymnast's performance? *A banana split.

7:29 am

And don't forgetr Lionel Richie singing "Yellow, is it me you're looking for"!!!

7:29 am

thanks minski, could have sworn i tried that one!

7:29 am

Yellow........... Is it me you're looking for ???......

7:29 am

movieman - SNAP !!

7:29 am

lets not forget about the coldplay song "yellow"

7:29 am

Yello Dolly.......well yello Dolly...... :)

7:29 am

Babbler, stop trying to steal my gags!!!

7:29 am

jacula-- 9.5

7:30 am

Yellow Ledbetter

7:30 am

Babbler - 'Hello...is it me...?' Nice one Movieman!

7:30 am

just cos yours went up 2 seconds before mine, movieman : )

7:30 am

and b4 u ask...it's a banana dog...hot dog for vegetarians...

7:30 am

NIce one movieman :) Right, I gotta split for while :) You're a great bunch - will slip back later ;)

7:30 am

has nayone sang the cars - yellow - yellow again?

7:31 am

i relish that you mustard up that icon. I could never ketchup with that.

7:31 am

Some other guy is sippin' up the honey like a yellow dog, oh now ... Beatles

7:31 am

BRB all, gotta get me some breakfast!

7:31 am

very good Anj!!! see you later : )

7:31 am

later, anj.

7:32 am

I'm going to the shops to get some stuff for my cough and sore throat. what shall I get? : /

7:32 am

Anj...do I smell...!!!

7:32 am

yes we have no bananas. we have no bananas today.

7:32 am

I'd better eat,too. Hmm, might have a banana sandwich.

7:32 am

This is wierd....sitting at my computer at school, drinking a gingerbread latte, eating blueberry bran coffeecake, listening to Diana Krall...seeing a whole bunch of bananas! How surreal...

any todd rundgren/nazz fans out there..."yellow, it's me..."

7:33 am

the banana bunch, the banana buch, yes they call us the banana bunch

7:33 am

lol, bad timing tBear :) I will be back later...

7:33 am

echinacea. chicken soup.

7:33 am

yes lotz of schmaltz - that's the best - chicken soup

7:33 am

Nice doggie, tbear. Has Miyavi checked in?

gee hi, eva nadine, tbear,art lady, minski, renfield...

7:34 am

having surreal for breakfast?

7:34 am

Babbler I think you should come over to mine...I'm in bed covered in quilts,hot water bottle,heating fullblast,sipping lemsip,smothered in Vicks and a loo roll to hand.......BRING BACK SOME BRANDY and two straws

7:34 am

is dali here?

7:35 am

ah, the old days, when nobody knew how bad schmaltz was for you.

7:35 am

daily

7:35 am

I'll get my travelcard and jump on a train, tbear! : ) you poor thing, hopeyou feel better soon xxx

7:35 am

Well...yelloowww daaaliiii... yellowww daaaliiii... It's so nice...

7:36 am

Drat, I knew I shouldn't have gotten fully caffeinated coffee today...

7:37 am

Hey what about ......1 banana,2banana,3banana,4,5 banana,6banana,7banana more...wasn't that the theme tune to a 1970's kid show....brain befuddled can't function....Anyone? They had a big red bus!

7:38 am

The Banana Splits, tbear !!!!

7:39 am

Yay.....that's it...has it already been discussed!! By the way the loo roll was for my nose.....lol.

7:39 am

tbear, if it's a big red bus you're talking about, then I think you mean "Here come the Double Deckers" (starring a young Brinsley Forde out of Aswad, I believe) Although the theme tune sounds a lot like the Banana Splits...

7:40 am

were you watching Buzzcocks last night, movieman? :)

7:40 am

ttfn, bananies. I am now going to be productive for a while...since I'm paid to be! BaNaNa is going on tour....

7:41 am

Did someone say "Banana Split"???

7:41 am

movieman...you're right...double deckers...paracetemol making me psychodelic (don't spell check me today....NOT WELL!!)

7:41 am

later, artlady. I have to get productive real soon.

7:41 am

me too art lady - i just had to see the show this morning

artlady - did you mean to say "produce" ? LOL

7:42 am

hey, bugzy. looking tasty.

7:43 am

Bugzy.....have crawled to the kitchen to get a spoon,now get yourself over her tasty...feed a cold...starve a fever.....NOW

7:43 am

Thanks joel :) And hi to the rest of the bunch, too !

7:43 am

2 down, one to go (other people in my house)...

7:43 am

for her read here

7:43 am

Temple...groan....

7:44 am

Banana splits are healthy, tbear -- fruit, dairy, nuts, chocoloate, whipped cream.... make you feel better in an instant!

7:44 am

Oh dear, bad banana puns rule the day...

7:45 am

Good morning everyone!!

7:45 am

'pun my soul, what bad puns?

7:45 am

Dare I ask, why the bananas???

7:45 am

Bugzy...stop you're making me feel peckish!!! *makes Homer-style drooling sound*

7:45 am

Jera...that handsome fella in the shirt...your hubby???

7:47 am

Bugzy...Anj and Babbler started theme days last week with Naked Friday....today is banana day for Miyavi cos she's having a sex education lesson first time today.....!!

7:49 am

Sorry, movieman, it's the best way to eat a banana... ROFL tbear... I was here for Naked Friday and HappyFace Monday, but I love the inspiration for Banana Tuesday !!!

7:50 am

Oh yeah..forgot Happy Face Monday...and it was only yesterday...

7:51 am

Bugzy...refresh for Andy Warhols banana (sounds so rude!! did he have one??)

7:52 am

yes, he did. Album cover for Velvet underground and nico. Much like the icon to your left.

7:52 am

tbear... huh?

7:53 am

Ah so big banana then...lol

7:53 am

Whoa... dig that orange banana 8)

7:53 am

Oh, my icon (duh)... yeah, sure! He always wears those sexy strioed pajamas...

7:54 am

Jera,you hit the jackpot there girl!

7:54 am

striped even...

7:54 am

Oh yea.... and y'all forgot that Gwen Stefani song, where she goes, "It's bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S..."

7:54 am

I think I need to cut my nails, I'm making lots of typos (more than usual)

7:55 am

yay omelette for breakfast! :D

7:56 am

Love that album,she's so much fun...always play it if I'm going out..

7:56 am

okay. enough. must tear myself away and put in some billable time. Hope I'm here for miya's arrival.

7:57 am

Mornin' all!

bye, joelgee!

7:58 am

Morning Darleen!!!

7:58 am

i like to eat, apples and bananas a lake to ate, apples and banaanaas e leke to eet, eeples and baneenees i like to ite iples and baninis o loke to ote, oples and banonos u luke to ute, uples and banunus i like to eat, apples and bananas!!

7:58 am

Bye joel... Hi Darleen!

hi darleen. TTFN - work calls....

7:59 am

LOL eva! My son just sang that last week in a school concert!

7:59 am

evanadine....you having a 'lil party there all on yr own....

8:00 am

im all up on my kids songs...youd almost think i had one...haha

8:00 am

evandine-- that's a real song? I thought you were having a ----- moment.

8:00 am

Bye 72TO :)

8:01 am

don't know that one....shame

8:01 am

heh, well, i think i am having a moment, but it really is a kids song!

8:01 am

alright. really gone now. not even looking at grid.

8:01 am

YES!! We have no ..bananas..we have no bananas today! LOL, singing in excuse for my non banana icon!

8:02 am

lies.. joel...we all do it. Bye then peep

8:03 am

DAY-O! Daaaaaaaaaaaaaay-o...d aylight come and me wann-go home... come mister tally-man, tally me BANANA!!

8:03 am

Morning, all. Am going to hospital to get further tests on my ..(excuse the expression) GUTS..I just drank 430 millimeters of liquid chalk..UGH

8:04 am

Thank u Mr. Belafonte!!!

8:04 am

liters i say..LITERS..geez *eyeroll*

8:04 am

evanadine...you are making this sickly girl smile A LOT

8:05 am

*crosses fingers for lianakate* hope all goes well!

8:05 am

wow, i got that 9 letter word right off...Hopefully it signifies a good test..lol. Luck on my side.

8:06 am

thanks, Eva..tis much appreciated. :)

8:06 am

lianakate...tell them it has to be banana flavour in future....good luck

8:06 am

They HAD banana flavored..but they were all gone..I had to have a Berri Smooth..(barium) ewwwwwww , its nasty stuff..

8:06 am

heh, just stumbled across this site: http:// www.bananamuseum.com/

8:07 am

and thanks, TBear :) I dont go til noon. They give me four hours to lanquish..a test at noon, and one at one.

8:11 am

"I'm Chiquita Banana and I've come to say - I offer good nutrition in a simple way - When you eat a Chiquita you've done your part - To give every single day a healthy start - Underneath the crescent yellow - You'll find vitamins and great taste - With no fat, you just can't beat 'em - You'll feel better when you eat 'em - They're a gift from Mother Nature and a natural additional to your table - For wholesome, healthy, pure bananas - look for Chiquita's label!"

8:11 am

am off to play literati..*scrabble like game* will be back after my jaunt to hospital..GOOD LUCK with the grid, my friends.. :) xoxoxox

8:11 am

good luck, liana!

8:12 am

best wishes, liana!! *crosses fingers*

8:13 am

Gotta go now, lunchtime calls!!! But, I'll be back!!!

8:14 am

Good luck Liana :) Evanadine - I love the Banana Museum!! Esp. the old pictures of "banana eating parties" The last time I ate a banana at a party it was a bachelorette party ... game was to see who could *ahem* bite the furthest down the banana!! Wonder if that's what those old-time ladies were doing!!! ;)

8:15 am

hehe...i think they had a lot of neat stuff there...curious about the "ban the banana" poster... sadly, not a huge fan of the naners, myself. i have one now + then, but i usually skip to the melons or berries. :)

8:16 am

I like banana splits, and of course, Elvis' favorite, peanut butter and bananas :) BTW .... have you seen the new Reese's cookies? Tried one at Costco this weekend. Quite yummy !!

8:18 am

lianakate... I wish you the best and feel your pain!! I have Crohn's and have been through every gut test known to man.

8:18 am

evanadine...great site...saving the new icons collected to bombard Miyavi later......sit down love...take the weight off yr bananas...getting

8:19 am

Hey there, every1. I wanted to join in w/ the banana theme; but, my daughter isn't home and I don't know how. I found a great one. I think you'd all enjoy; but, too bad for you Magoo. I'm inept.

8:20 am

getting a bit worried about you? are you OC? would you like to talk about something else...kiwi,guava...No you say dear......smiles ncouragingly

8:21 am

new reeses cookies? havent even heard of them!

8:22 am

Mmmmmm cookies...peanut cookies are the best!! HEY gramma...don't worry,I'm self taught too,teenagers won't take the time...you'll get there

8:23 am

I hadn't either until they were giving out free samples. Kinda like the peanut butter Girl Scout cookies - chocolate cookie +peanut butter covered in chocolate. Tasty!

8:24 am

tbear, any help... I clicked on browse and then the name of the file ;but, when I click upload it says babble blah, blah blah.

8:25 am

sounds good! cant wait to get em here!

8:25 am

Gramma some pics aren't suitable if the red abnner thing come up go back and choose another pic...you'll get there

8:30 am

OK... have to go get some work done .. BBL :)

8:31 am

see you later three humps....

bye liana - barium not too bad if it's the one where you DRINK the stuff... : )

8:33 am

That's three humps with whipped cream and a cherry on top ;)

8:34 am

Bugzy....stop it....she says brandishing her spoon menacingly

8:36 am

Anyone got a hint for the ra8?

hey, yoink!

8:39 am

Hi Temple :)

8:41 am

Yoink...found it...think the material used for furniture ra6 and then add the ending which would make it the person who makes this furniture...come back to me if thats a bit vague

8:44 am

Hmm, I guess having the ra6 in question would help! LOL

8:45 am

Yoink...think rodent that's been sunbathing ra_ and t__

8:46 am

yoink, think rodent and number to get the ra8...ra* and t** + suffix of a doer

8:47 am

got them, thanks :)

8:47 am

Taking a break at 74 words... gotta go warm up & do some chores... later!

8:50 am

see ya Jera

bye, jera

hi all...not sure if I have time to do the grid today, but I didn't want to slip up & not show my banana face!

9:06 am

Okay, I have the ra 6 - but can't seem to come up with the ra8, though I thought I understood the clue... I'm getting a not valid word... what am I doing wrong?

9:07 am

anyone have the last qu 5/16...plz

9:07 am

Put a different vowel at the end of c6

9:07 am

Nevermind - I figured out what I was doing wrong.

9:08 am

Sorry, mean ra6 - too cold to think properly

9:09 am

Hi Eastern cute banana... :)

9:10 am

howdy partners!!

thanks tbear! it's fun to see all the different bananas people picked!

9:11 am

Bubbles...where ur banana?

9:11 am

i ate it!!! :(

9:11 am

ta 6/18 : something you might find in Scotland

9:13 am

Bubbles you're going to have to explain that to Miy at her surprise banana party...bad girl

9:13 am

but but but........ ok *hangs head* i'll go find one

9:13 am

good morning all

9:14 am

Afternoon e_gurl :)

9:14 am

Just checking to make sure my new, more banana-y look worked... Hi all!

9:15 am

Hello- How many qu words are there today?

9:15 am

16 q's

9:17 am

Une, I have to say... your banana's kind of freaking me out!

9:17 am

does that count?

9:17 am

Look at all the banannas guys:) Can someone post a second letter listing for the qu's.

Une - I think it's hysterical! I do have to say, Bugzy is making me hungry!

9:18 am

qu 6/ 27 qu 4/ 7 qu 5/ 16 qu 5/ 16 qu 7/ 40 qu 6/ 27 qu 7/ 40 qu 7/ 40 qu 9/ 72 qu 5/ 16 qu 6/ 27 qu 5/ 18 qu 6/ 30 qu 5/ 16 qu 7/ 40 qu 5/ 16

9:18 am

bubbles is that a banana sticking out the back?

9:19 am

its one of the banana split gang

9:21 am

right gunna get ready play countdown,rub in more vicks,more soup...extra blanket...see you laterz guys...

9:21 am

Bubbles, a quick look on Google tells me that he was known as Fleegle, the other 3 were Bingo, Drooper and Snorky. Banana Splits were cool!

bye tbear...

9:21 am

Bye Tbear

9:22 am

Hasta FLUego....

9:23 am

having trouble with the very last qu5/18...HELPPPPPPPPP

9:23 am

sorry....last qu5/16

9:25 am

yoink the website i got it from was playing the song, altogether now "Tra la la, la la la la One banana, two banana, three banana, four Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more. Over hill and highway the banana buggies go Coming on to bring you the Banana Splits Show Tra la la, la la la la......... I loved them as a kid

9:25 am

Sounds a bit like a group of singers, specifically in a church

9:25 am

bye tbear, hope you feel better soon x

9:25 am

think about knights and a qu word and take off the first s

great icon, eb! Hi

9:26 am

Bubbles, I have a cover of that song by a singer called Liz Phair, it's great!

9:26 am

yoink...thanks, I had typed that in before and it disappeared on me

thanks T-Owl...how are you today?

9:26 am

Yay Banana Splits!

bye, tbear...hi, bubbles, egurl, ouwachita,pc, etc!

torgone...i'd use the marx bros joke, but lotti's not here *giggle*

9:30 am

hi temple & torgone. I think i've got a video of them some where. I'd love to be a kid again!!

9:31 am

hey torg - sorry i fluffed out in you guys last nite - i cut my finger - then went into a time warp- forgot what i was doing and went to sleep

9:32 am

Hi guys. I fluffed out too at some point..

9:32 am

DONE...anyone need help with a clue??

9:34 am

good morning everyone!

hi stillcrazy!

ouwachita! you go!

Congrats ouwa...still WAAAY to many to go for me

hi still crazy...ttfn all...

9:36 am

Hi Stillcrazy

Bye T-Owl

9:37 am

Bye Temple

9:37 am

babye Temp!

9:43 am

any clues for an8?

9:45 am

The an8 is a creature that has a long snout and uses it to suck up lots of little insects

9:45 am

Hi, just popping in to see what the rest of the bunch is up to....

9:46 am

thank you yoink

Schroeder - a couple of people just split...

9:47 am

morning. could I have a teeny clue on any of the en words, just to help me wake up and get started?

9:47 am

Hi everyone :) Torgone ((((((((xxXXxx)))))))))

9:47 am

LOL EasternBlue, your looking mighty dapper

harpjane - a dinner en_ _ _ _ opposite of 'exit'

9:48 am

Hi lotti!!!! ((((xxXXxxXXxx))))

9:49 am

Hey honey how`d you sleep?? Are you feeling better??

hi lotti

9:53 am

I'm doing well, luv. How are you?

9:53 am

IIIII'm baaaack! I don't know what I did; but, in my attempt at downloading the best banana ever, I completely screwed up my computer. I think I'll just babble now. I've wasted my entire morning trying [ to no avail] to change my icon. I'm going to forget the banana and put my nose to the grid. AAAARGH

9:53 am

Hi EB :) Has Miyavi been on yet to appreciate all these bananas?!!!!!

9:53 am

Hi group #2! (I keep checking in now and then to see the icons.)

9:54 am

Introducing that amazing new singing group... BaNaNaaaaaa!

9:55 am

Well babe, i`m sure i`d be far better if i was there with you :) As it goes, i`m not too bad!! Hi Gramma :/

9:56 am

Lol Artlady :)

9:57 am

Hi gramma. I spent far too much time last night looking for just the right banana myself. Froze up my poor little laptop! My husband (who was watching what I was doing) could NOT figure out what was going on...poor soul.

10:05 am

wow love the one you found artlady!

10:06 am

Artlady, I wish I could show you the banana; but, it's not to be.

10:06 am

Hi Ho Hello

10:06 am

hi LeeMc

10:06 am

Howdy LeeMc

10:07 am

Gramma, you can post the link in a message, then people can look. What's the problem you're having with updating it as your icon?

10:08 am

Hi Lee :) Have you gone back to sleep Torgone?? ;o)

10:09 am

Yoink, could you explain that to me?

10:09 am

gramma, is it a jpeg?

10:09 am

I'm multi-slacking, lotti . .

10:10 am

Go to the page where you have the picture you want, right click the picture then copy image location. Then paste that into the message box down at the bottom.

10:10 am

Hi Lee, Lotti, Gramma and Artlady...

10:11 am

Artlady, what's that? You're talking to a woman that only knew how to dust a computer up until a year ago.

10:11 am

I have the ea5/10...one who consumes, but any hint for the other ea5/10 and ea6/24 please :) I can feel the fish heading in my direction!!!!

10:11 am

Okay, I'm going to try..

10:12 am

Lotti, for the ea6 you just need to add a letter...

10:12 am

lotti, er5 is past tense, er6 is the place

10:13 am

And the other ea5, just change the last letter

10:13 am

Ok honey, i thought you`d "poofed" out on me then!!! Hi again Schroeder :)

10:15 am

Thanks Yoink and Doxy....I knew i`d need the fish :O

10:16 am

no problem lotti

10:17 am

gramma, we'll get you thru this! I taught my mother all about computers...that's why she's an Apple person (and I'm on Windows...sigh)

10:18 am

I love this day every year....we have parent teacher conferences so there are no little kiddies and I get a LOT of work done...really! I'm working on digital portfolios on my computer...and sneaking peeks at Babble....

10:19 am

Hi guys :)

10:19 am

Can anyone help please with the 2 re5/18

10:19 am

Off to do payroll...back soon

10:19 am

Het Sis :) Wow you look gorgeous!!!!

10:20 am

I mean Hey LOL

10:20 am

Hola lola ..

10:20 am

Hi Lola :)

10:20 am

http://images.google.com/imgre s?imgurl=http://fun.tjworld.or g/humour/Banana%2520phallic.jp g&imgrefurl=http://fun.tjworld .org/humour/&h=484&w=484&sz=35 &tbnid=5-35bRNGLyEJ:&tbnh=126& tbnw=126&hl=en&start=42&prev=/ images%3Fq%3Dbanana%26start%3D 40%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr %3D%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

10:21 am

Hi sis! Er, do you mean the banana icon?

10:22 am

One suggestion, gramma - Don't try to use the picture off of Google. Click the picture to go to the actual website, then use the picture properties.

10:22 am

Yeah it`s very colourful and you!!! Don`t worry i haven`t set up spy cam in your house!!! Hahaha :)

10:24 am

Good morning! Forgive me if this one has been used already.... trying to find one with appeal.

10:24 am

LOL! I wasn't sure which one you were seeing as I've changed them a lot lately...just checking...and thank you :)

10:24 am

Hi lola. Groan, Mamabear...

10:24 am

Did you say a peel Mama???

10:25 am

Hi Mamabear, it's ok, that pun has only been used a hundred times or so... ;-)

10:25 am

http://fun.tjworld.org/humour/ Banana%20phallic.jpg

10:25 am

hi all who've joined...I'm on a conf. call too so I'm not chatting quite as much...love all the 'nanas!

10:26 am

Sorry Yoink, in that case, maybe I should split.

10:28 am

Hey lotti, have you seen Anj today?

10:28 am

Ok, unfortunately Gramma you've got a broken link there, the page in question no longer exists, just the image left in Google's cache. You'll need to find another i'm afraid

10:28 am

mama - groan

10:28 am

Sis, mom sends her love!!! :) She`s given BT what for and is hoping they`ll get a wriggle on!!!!

10:28 am

ANj was on earlier.

10:29 am

Looks like i missed him too sis :/

10:30 am

good afternoon babbledom ;o)

10:30 am

Gramma, try this one, I think it's the same picture: http://www.adulthumor.ws/files /picture/38331677.jpg

10:30 am

Hi Bobsta. Don't you think it's time we got our pyjamas off? Erm... I think I'd better rephrase that. LOL.

10:31 am

Jacula: LOL

10:32 am

How many words are there today?

10:32 am

Thanks lotti, tell her we are missing her too much! Hi bobsta and jacs :)

10:33 am

Hi ' Can we use pictures from our computer or do we have to go to a special site to get them?

10:33 am

ginger 165

10:33 am

Oops. Anything with "adult" in the title I'd better not see on this computer....children's eyes, you know...even if they're not here today!

10:33 am

Phyl - You can use pictures from your computer.

10:33 am

cooee lola *waves*

10:34 am

looking for an8. any clues welcome

10:34 am

Hi Bobsta, hi Jacs..... isn`t that supposed to be on naked Fridays Jacs???!!!!

10:34 am

PhylJ, are you a Bable Pro user? If not, you can't have a pic...but it's only $9.95 and Dr. G is a very nice young man who could use some more$$$ to pay the rent...

10:34 am

hey guys!! has Miya been in yet? Lola! that's the icon I was thinking about, but I couldn't make a decision!! lol !

10:34 am

look what I found!!!! please REFRESH

10:34 am

Hi Lola and everyone. Only slipped in for a moment to see what you bunch were up to. Miyavi's going to be surprised when she arrives.:-)

10:35 am

Ok so how do we copy, right click on my picture and copy and then come to this box and paste?

10:35 am

Ish - banana with attitude! I like it!

10:35 am

Hey Babs, you're back! Don't you ever work...or sleep? (l know, look who's talking...)

10:35 am

hey Lotti and Babbler *waves*

10:35 am

Hi Jac.

10:35 am

AN8 ~ an animal that eats picnic pests

10:35 am

Hi babs! I saved two and then spent about ten minutes trying to decide which one to use. I like the pink in this one :)

10:35 am

A bear on a banana! too cute Mama!

10:35 am

Hi Babbler :)

10:36 am

I've got a few banana pics saved for later.

10:36 am

Jacula: *groans*

10:36 am

Thanks EB!!!! He's not very easy to see

10:36 am

LOL ok I understand. Rent is always a good reason.

10:36 am

PhylJ..you can't unless you're a Babble Pro user (see my earlier post to you....) :-)

10:36 am

This icon is more appropriate for a woman of my age. The other 1 was perfect for sex-ed class tho.

10:36 am

Hi Babs!

10:36 am

Go Gramma - you got a new banana pix!

10:36 am

*waves to Bobsta, artlady, Yoink, Jacula, Lola, Lotti, Tor-Tor and and and and THERE'S MAH MAMABEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *leaps over for a big fat squeezy tight bear hug!*

10:37 am

Mama that is the cutest pic!!!

10:37 am

and Phyl - it's a LIFETIME membership!

10:37 am

what do you call a man with no arms and no legs floating in water? the answer is BOB !!!! HEY BOB !!

10:37 am

Safe! No banana contraception today! And next PSE day is a blissfully long time ahead :D *boogies*

10:37 am

Hi Babbler :)

10:37 am

Lola, I thought the artwork on the rest of the site looked interesting, I might go back and have another look. I really liked it! : )

10:38 am

Ah, well, that's another grid completed!!! Just need to update my icon ready 4 Pussycat Wednesday, and then I'll b off!!! Byeeeee everyone!!!!!

10:38 am

oh dan PLEASE!!!

10:38 am

Miya !!!!!!!!!!!!!! check my biog.......... : D xxx

10:38 am

Miyavi....LOOK!

10:38 am

BABBLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *mamabear runs over...... oops.... yikes.... splat!!!! Slips on a banana peel..... gets up.... runs over to Babbler..... great big banana bear hug!!!!*

10:38 am

: ( ...*sniff*...and poor EB ignored by Babs... : (

10:38 am

sorry :D

10:38 am

bravo movieman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

10:38 am

Hi Miyavi. We've all gone bananas today!:-)

10:39 am

soooooooooo sorry EB !!!!!!!!! not ignoring you!! just befuddled by my sore throat and chesty coughy thingy. : ( <<<<< big hugs for EB >>>>>>>>>>>>>

10:39 am

Hah, Artlady...your mind tricks are to no effect, haha...turns out the scary sex ed. pse day is in the spring, when all the year nines are getting frisky :D Instead, we were doing eating disorders, complete with scary pictures...

10:39 am

*Big Banana Grin* Thanks Babs...: )

10:40 am

Hey Babbler, Jac :)

10:40 am

pussycat Wednesday????? sounds dangerous!!!

10:40 am

Babbler...love the bio! Now I know what to "wear" tomorrow...alto I am NOT a cat person (more dogs and horses)

10:40 am

You mean all our bananas were in vain?

10:41 am

All that work...time...ok, now I have to leave and reaaalllyyy work..tttl...

10:41 am

sorry...teachers decided last minute to change the class. But Babbler, you've made an emotionally scarred teenager very, very happy :) *wipes away tear*

10:41 am

I have to get to work for a while too...... later!

10:42 am

thanks artlady!! btw, don't sleep, don't work (burn-out, rheumatism and other posh words). btw, got some cough syrup today. It's got Guaifenesin in it. Supposed to be good for aches and pains as well, right?? Some big studies going on in the US. Anyone know more?

10:42 am

I need to split now. TTFN.:-))

10:42 am

you're welcome Miya!!! I'm so glad I got back from the shops in time for you! : D

10:42 am

And now I have to LEAVE work where I have been babbling more than working. Bye for now people

10:43 am

bye Jacula & Mama...

10:43 am

*waves tearfully to Mah Mamabear, and Jacula* : '(

10:43 am

finished!!!!!!!

10:43 am

see you later, Yoink ??

10:43 am

babbler, mainly good for coughs, that's one I usually use for coughs

10:43 am

bravo stillcrazy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

10:44 am

Sure think Babs, still 53 words to go :)

10:44 am

congrats stillcrazy (and anyone else who finished that I may have missed!)

10:44 am

I`ve gotta go too :( See you later. (((((((XXXxxXXXX)))))) )) Torgone

10:44 am

I'm so, so honoured though :) 13 years old and inspiring all the Babblers to further traumatise already emotionally insecure people. I love it

10:44 am

babye lotti and I'm outta here too...have a great day all!

10:44 am

bye lotti...

10:45 am

have an8 & en8. what is the other 8 & any clue?

10:45 am

I never said Hi, but see you Lotti :)

10:45 am

'bye sis! :)

10:45 am

see you later, Lotti : )

10:45 am

Greetings All. After discussing eating disorders, etc. I'll bet the last thing Miy needed to see was banana icons. Oops. Darn teachers never get it right. Welcome Miy!

10:46 am

Bye lotti ..(((<<<XXX>>>)))

10:46 am

ok guys, only checked in to see Miya's reaction!! : ) need to have a little lie down and some Beecham's. be back later : ) xxx

10:46 am

BTW ~ Having issues with my last U word. It is one of the UR5/12s. I have the one that's the salt of some acid. Thanks.

10:46 am

love the BAnana Splits, Tor-Tor : D

10:47 am

Hey Minski :) Don't worry about the bananas, the only irritating thing about doing eating disorders is that everyone in my class keeps calling me anorexic! :/

10:47 am

bye Babs...happy napping...and I hope you knock this cold soon!!

10:47 am

But I have enjoyed reading the chat and viewing the wonderful banana pics! Made me hungry. It's been a fun day.

10:47 am

'bye babs :)

10:48 am

thanks EB. I've got a sore throat and a chesty cough. My throat and chest feel cold. And I've been having head spins since Sunday. : ( Hot and cold today too. I've wrapped up and I'm gonna sweat it out. : )

10:48 am

You can tell them all that your friends treated you to a banana split. And if your nonbabble friends are right you need to treat yourself to one. NOW!!!

10:48 am

*pours Babs a hot toddy* That should help too...: )

10:50 am

babbler, this sounds gross, but works. Drink a hot lemonade. It helps to sweat it out.

10:50 am

ty :D

10:50 am

lol Minski :)

10:51 am

miyavi, we had a lot of fun looking for icons, making really bad puns about bananas, yellow, etc. I went on a "mellow yellow" singing binge last night and earlier this morning. We hope you enjoyed it! We probably won't get nearly so worked up for anything else for a while...or maybe we will! Enjoy your day..I'm off to grade 5th grade drawings!

10:53 am

:D Thanks Artlady!

10:53 am

Miyavi -apologies that I haven't got a banana icon. I'm slightly allergic to the blessed things and didn't want to set things off....

10:54 am

Gotta 'split' for a little bit...

10:55 am

Don't worry, Haz, I haven't either :) Still modelling mr Hideto Matsumoto over here

10:55 am

still looking for ra8/40

10:56 am

If you have ra 6/18 add a couple of letters at the end.

10:56 am

help with qu9 and last qu7

10:57 am

qu 9 is a lengthier version of a 4 person singing group.

10:58 am

thanks haz, got it

10:58 am

Well, not any more...though Dir en Grey are by no means bananas :) Last time I checked, anyway

10:59 am

The ra 6/18 is the one involving a rodent and a number.

10:59 am

myiavi - artlady really did sing and sing and had me join her in singing the refrain - thanks for giving us joy today 8)

10:59 am

Having issues with the RA7/28. I know I'll want the fish because I have all the other Rs.

11:00 am

Hi ren...(ok, I'm working, I'm working...)

11:00 am

*big cheesy grin* thanks, Renfield :)

11:00 am

do you have the one with the rodent and the high schooler?

11:00 am

The one I'm missing is the one between the 2 RA6/18s.

11:01 am

rodent + high school aged person (****y bopper)

11:01 am

can anyone tell i'm slightly dyslectic? sorry - comes w/ the territory

11:02 am

thanks for the grin! 8)

11:04 am

*thinks for a bit* Thank you for thanking me for the grin! hah

11:05 am

Thanks mtnjock. I thought I was done with the Rs but need to examine my list because I'm not according to the stats. (insert eyes rolling smilie here)

11:05 am

so, miya-- what's new?

11:06 am

bah...not a lot, Joel. What about you?

11:07 am

I am missing the last ra 6/18

11:08 am

nuthin' much. Was your class as bad as you thought it was going to be?

11:09 am

Mtnjock Rat, RA6/18, rattest

11:09 am

Turns out, they changed the PSE day plan...going to give us the scary sex ed in spring when we're all frisky :D Instead, we were treated to the joys of eating disorders. Nice.

11:11 am

oh man. Who thinks this stuff up? Do you feel better armed to identify those with eating disorders? Are people more concerned now that they might have eating disorders?

11:12 am

allo?

11:12 am

I had a friend in medical school. Everytime he learned something new, he was sure he had it.

11:12 am

smeltz

11:13 am

Allo Smeltzy! Is it Mr. or Mrs.?

11:13 am

Actually, I think a few of the girls in my class were rather taken with the idea. "Bulimia: the quickest, easiest way to lose weight" :/ I'm guessing they'll go into an anti-feeding frenzy now, then rush home and panic-eat a whole pack of fun-size mars bars. Which will then be bought back up in a less than fun-size form

11:13 am

this is the captain speaking

11:14 am

so it's mrs. smeltz then.

11:14 am

Ahoy Mr. Smeltzie!

11:14 am

Sometimes I wonder if teaching kids about eating disorders isn't just introducing the idea into fertile minds.

11:15 am

miya-- quite the genteel way of putting it.

11:15 am

Joel - this is the mr...there isn't a way for me to respond to that without getting in trouble so I'm gonna stay qu5/16

11:15 am

my server is sooo slow tonight. Driving me crazy!!!!

11:16 am

Minski - ...I think it helps if it can be identified & treated...and so many kids find info out on the web & try to live as an anorexic or bulemic...it's so sad...

11:16 am

exactly! Though we were shown some pretty gruesome pictures of anorexic people. And told one of those stories which is almost an exact copy of the 'scary' ones told on sleepovers when you're about eight. "Once upon a time, in a school very like this one, a class of students very much like yourselves..." ending of course in some girl of the past dying of anorexia. Oh, cheers. Feeling much better now.

11:17 am

It's called class Joel lol :)

11:17 am

you are one classy dudette, miya.

11:18 am

min - it's the same as being overly protective about sex ed. Kids already know about the stuff. It's true that a few will be exposed to the info for the first time but it will set some of the students straight about the negatives. They only hear about the benefits from their friends.

11:19 am

I still remember a movie I saw in 6th grade about smoking - an older man with the bottom part of his face gone due to cancer...it was pretty gruesome (and to this day I've never smoked anything...)...

11:19 am

I know that education is the best cure and the best preventative measure. There is always one or two kids who think the idea sounds like a great way to lose weight. I guess it's a no win situation and you try to do your best to teach kids how dangerous it is but you still have to have an eagle eye and watch out for the details and small changes. So scary.

11:20 am

it is bad - i'm 5'9" and weighted less than 90 #'s at one time - and when i finally wanted to eat - it was very difficult to keep anything down - yeck - sometimes the industry makes it to difficult to be a female - of course - i canned that career path

11:20 am

74 & I'm now going to BrandyJack's list...

11:20 am

:D Joel, I think it likely that I'm lacking in some important aspects of being classy. For example...I bet Queen Elizabeth doesn't still have a giggling fit when things sound vaguely indecent. In registration, a teacher told a guy to "stop playing with those balls, boy!" He was chucking tennis balls about, but we didn't stop laughing till about one hundred years later when we got sent out. :/ Blimmin' funny though.

11:21 am

And no, I'm not one of those religious right midwesterners who don't believe in teaching their kids anything and then wonder why they do such stupid things to themselves. (Sorry if any of you are.)

11:21 am

Miya - ROFLMAO... I guess I don't have class either : D

11:22 am

Eastern, class can ruin fine comedy like that! :D

11:22 am

to paraphrase: Class is easy, comedy is hard.

11:23 am

oh is that ever true

11:24 am

Miy ~ Wait until they show you the scary driver's ed films showing car accidents complete with blood and gore. Talk about gruesome and unforgettable.

11:24 am

minski-- exactly what I was thinking.

11:25 am

I know what you mean, Renfield, I went through a complete paranoid stage a while ago...I think I actually made myself believe I wasn't hungry. It was only when I noticed I could count every vertebrae on my back I thought "screw it, I'm bl**dy starving!" Went downstairs and ate!

11:25 am

hi guys i,m stuck on the first qu7/40 5th in list any clues

11:26 am

Add a few letters onto the QU5 just above it.

11:27 am

base word is the qu5, next 5 words use it, different endings (vowel plus a cons.)

11:27 am

the liquid measurement QU5

11:28 am

Minski, I think we're safe from that in England, they don't teach us drivers ed in school! Instead, last year, we did a first aid thing where we watched a really badly acted film. Like, a guy on a motorbike comes off and is thrown several metres down the road...another dude gets a close up with: "Oh no. Shall we remove his helmet?" then the superhero of the day "no! you musn't! he could have neck injuries!" *collective gasp* then they spend the next ten minutes talking about the injuries he COULD have, while the poor guy lies bleeding on the ground

11:29 am

min - easy on the Midwesterners...I would probably find myself right of center and live in the midwest. I gave a sex talk on Halloween and heard 7th graders say things I didn't know about until I was in high school. Besides that, the midwestern right doesn't stand up for itself because it isn't pushed. The religious people you are refering to are on the east coast and from Colorado to the pacific.

11:29 am

so I guess the moral is, don't wear a helmet so people can see your injuries.

11:29 am

i,ve got the 2 pints l assume it is a follow on from that word

11:30 am

Close. Ours are usually films on the evils of drunk driving so they show both cars and lots of blood and gore and stuff. They are effective but teenagers *present company excluded I hope* tend to think they are immortal.

11:31 am

Exactly, Joel! Either that or to try not to land near such a group of complete morons. In fact, try and land somewhere near trained medical staff

11:32 am

better yet, try to land ON trained medical staff

11:33 am

Minski, I'll never forget the story my maths teacher told me about this guy who used to be in his class, Trevor. Every day he ran across the road without waiting for the lights to go...one day he didn't make it across. Made me totally paranoid about crossing the road now

11:33 am

so meanwhile, we have to do this whole banana thing again in the spring? Man!

11:33 am

Whoops. Sorry Smeltzy. Didn't mean to push any buttons. I probably shouldn't have posted that. Funny though the misimpressions easterners have for midwesterners and vice versa. I would think that most of the ultrareligious ultraextreme people were in the midwest and the south while you probably think they are all on the coasts and in the north.

11:34 am

any help with the re-7/28 ?

11:34 am

Joel, you love it really :)

11:35 am

Both y'all take a look at the blue and red states. That'll give you some idea of who's where. I think religious dogmatists are pretty much everywhere.

11:35 am

RE7/28 something soldiers do when they have lost a battle

11:35 am

shhh. don't tell anybody.

11:36 am

i still can not figure the qu 9 letter word any more clues

11:36 am

Minski - I would never withdraw, back away, recede or shie away from giving you a clue for the re7/28.

11:36 am

min - I went to a small Christian college. Religious people were complacent because they weren't challenged. At a state school, religious people have to take a stand for what they believe or they will get walked all over. That's all I'm saying. I wasn't upset by what you said. There are some wacko religious right people around here but they aren't nearly as powerful as the ones on the ends of the country.

11:36 am

someone pass the cod of d'oh.... also as a midwesterner (transplanted south), religion is alive and thriving in the southern states...

11:36 am

My lips are sealed :) Though it may be cucumbers...depends what the teacher feels like buying :/

11:37 am

qu9, if the 4 some (qu7), was all female or petite...

11:37 am

oh man! Cucumber theme day. What a pickle!

11:37 am

sweet

11:38 am

yeah Smeltzy. Like the one in Washington DC!

11:38 am

Good morning, everyone!

11:38 am

Smeltz, you got that right. Someone asked me to go out with them on a Sunday morning, and I said I was sorry but I'd be in Church. Now she avoids me like the plague

11:38 am

hey, cybernan.

11:39 am

The QU5 liquid measure plus the french diminuitive ending.

11:39 am

btw - I use the term "religion" tongue in cheek. Most people that say they are "religious" haven't seen the inside of a church or put it into practice for a long time. I was refering to "religion" not a living relationship.

11:40 am

(refresh) - I joined the banana bandwagon.

11:41 am

Gotta go. Baby just woke up from a way too short nap. I still have 80 words left to find so I'll be back. TTFN.

11:41 am

smeltz, I am from South Bend, which college did you go to?

11:42 am

Huntington

11:42 am

have a good one Min!

11:42 am

very good school, I went to Purdue... LOL

11:42 am

missing both ar7's' any clues?

11:42 am

Later Minski :)

11:43 am

see you, minski

11:43 am

Purdue? When are they going to be good at sports again? Go Buckeyes!

11:44 am

Purdue's women's basketball team is good

11:44 am

I heard they are good fencers too!

11:44 am

LOL, I wish I knew!!!! Go Big 10 (in the south, we all root for anything in our division... LOL, even ND).

11:45 am

Wrestling team is still ranked in top 5... As is women's volleyball (somewhere in top 10)...

11:46 am

there was a day I cheered for ND...aganst USC...I can't anymore because it looks like OSU and ND have a little date at a bowl game.

11:47 am

Mom and sister work there, but GO Buckeye's (used to have a bumper sticker that said my 2 favorite teams are Purdue and anyone playing ND).

11:48 am

Ah, this I don't understand...it always seems in America, there's so much school spirit...cheerleaders, stuff like that. Over here it's all cold and emotionless :) Work work work...

11:49 am

When I went to high school, we took pride in our lack of school spirit. Go team, my #$@!!!

11:49 am

ar7's same word, different vowel on end... think tv star AR* Gross (sp on last name) and the french diminutive ending...

11:50 am

miyavi, in high school, I was voted most spirited amongst my class. I was at every rally, usually dressed up silly, and all that. I never once attended a sporting event. Not once. no football, no swim meets. Nothing. I found it ironic.

11:50 am

miya - when I think of european stereotypes, I don't think of work, work, work...I think of work, drink, drnik, dkrni, pass out.

11:50 am

no one able to help with those pesky ar7's?

11:50 am

the TV star? Gimme a different clue... :)

11:51 am

the AIR up there is thin... mix up the caps...

11:51 am

Lshult, I am trying....

11:52 am

and Tuva, how much more well rounded could one person be! I just read your profile... LOL

11:52 am

Smeltz! We English are different to the rest of Europe I think. Straight backs, don't show any emotion, women are expected to be proper young ladies. At my friends school, the girls can only wear dresses and they have to sit with their legs crossed at the ankles - if they don't, they get a detention

11:53 am

if it's an American TV star, explains why i've no idea (otherwise i'm just thick)!

11:53 am

*tuts* Joel, Joel, Joel...

11:53 am

only well rounded enough to get ONE of the two Ar7s, apparently... :)

11:53 am

ishuit-- i'm in america and I have no idea who it is either.

11:54 am

one more than me!

11:54 am

I am with Joel on that TV Star....

11:54 am

now Lshult, look at the clue right after to get the first name... remember ar7

11:54 am

I realized even more this weekend how self-absorbed the the American people are. There is such a need for us to help in Pakistan after the earthquake and in Africa with the AIDS epidemic and the 2000 million orphans who will go to bed hungry again tonight. 36,000 people will die of starvation again today and we are concerned with who will win a sporting event and pay hundreds of dollars to watch.

11:54 am

We were proud.

11:54 am

ari gross (played several comedic parts on sit coms...

11:55 am

Smeltz, I have no time for starving people on other continents right now... there is cool stuff to watch on Cable!

11:55 am

tuva, swap the vowel on the end to an a

11:56 am

ok, MTN... but that makes TWO made up words....

11:56 am

I hear you...It's one of those things you have to see or feel to get passionate about. I didn't care either before...I'm still going to have a party to watch the Buckeyes win!

11:57 am

Wow...now that is true love...just saw a fan video where the lead singer of a band, during a live, takes a drink and spits some of it out at the audience. Several fans get trampled by everyone in the hall surging forward to try and get sprayed by a couple of molecules of the divine water! Mad.

11:57 am

tuva, its a short aria... LOL

11:57 am

See, Smeltz, unless the Pakistanis come up with a good cornerback, I just don't see how you will be able to care much about them....

11:58 am

okay. back to work. just stopped in for what I thought was going to be a few seconds of hilarious laughter of miya and the sex ed class. Instead, found eating disorders, bloody motorists, and lord knows what else. miya-- your school officials really have to check with us before they change stuff. Tell them.

11:58 am

can i get clue on any of the a words please

11:59 am

tuva-- do I see a sardonic smirk on your flying spaghetti monster?

11:59 am

Hello Everyone ... a rare Babble peek at work! ;-) Shame on me!!

11:59 am

Joel.... He has touched me with His Noodly Appendage, this much I say is true.... R'amen

11:59 am

Joel, I totally intend to

12:00 pm

jo-- okay. shame.

12:01 pm

AN8 anyone?

12:01 pm

you pastafarians are a saucy lot.

12:01 pm

AN 8 -- compound word, its an animal

12:01 pm

It has something to do with the Pirate Blood in us all! Yarrrg!

12:02 pm

That place has great food

12:02 pm

tuva-- think about a creature with a long nose and a long tongue that eats insects.

12:02 pm

dang, I tried to find that earlier and thought it was not there...

who can help with the 7s and 8s and 9s please please please write back oh and nava you seem very good can you or anyone else give some clues and another oh sorry ishult cant help.

12:03 pm

who is Nava?

12:04 pm

ar 7's short arias (think french diminutive ending), and then change last vowel

12:04 pm

I save time by typing in words that look like they're there, even if I can't consciously see them. Sometimes, I think, I've seen them on a subconscious level. Hope that doesn't sound too dopey.

12:04 pm

Tuva, lol I love Ramen. Have you tried it with mayonnaise? Sounds horrible. BUt isn't.

12:05 pm

Miyavi, you need to follow the teachings of the One True God. Have you been touched by His Noodly Appendage?

12:05 pm

ramen and mayo-- Globs of mayo or a smidgin of mayo?

12:06 pm

Tuva - CAREFUL...Miya is only a youngin'!!

12:06 pm

globs!

12:06 pm

tuva-- express yourself, but no word spreading.

12:06 pm

(of course, that means my mind is in the gutter)

12:07 pm

is this a UK thing? Ramen with mayo? That's two of you now. I would never have thought of that.

12:09 pm

Anyway, really back to work now and try to erase the concept of mayoed ramen from my mind.

12:09 pm

Nope, it's a Japan thing...member of a band I like was eating ramen with mayo in a fan video (as I recall a lot of it got thrown around) so I tried it and it was really nice. Tuva, I am choosing to ignore that!

12:09 pm

I'm going to try this ramen thing for lunch...is there a particular flavor? I have beef, roast beef, hot and spicy beef, hot and spicy chicken, chicken and pork.

12:10 pm

yippiiiiii, i finally got the a7's. ty for all the help. It was a real struggle, but worth it in the end. 43 words to go gonna call it a night. Try again in the mornig if there's enough time.

12:10 pm

okay, but how do you account for Atalante's comment? She knows.

12:10 pm

Don't think it matters...just as long as there's lots of mayo :D

12:11 pm

ishuit-- shalom!

12:11 pm

Miyavi (((xx))) How ya doing kiddo...??

12:12 pm

I love Hebrew words!

12:12 pm

ishult - shalom

12:13 pm

'Night Ish...

12:13 pm

I keep wanting to spell it "ishuit". Don't know why. Anyway, hi lotti. Really off to work now.

12:15 pm

Hi Joel......bye Joel, have a good un :)

12:15 pm

Hey Lotti :) Just found a dir en grey fan vid to the song 'i'm too sexy for my shirt'...so I'm ecstatic, thanks :D You?

12:17 pm

Yeah, doing good......maybe even better if i could see it too!!! Anyway, i see we all dressed up for you and it wasn`t needed today...bu**er!!! Can I get changed now?? *Is Torgone around to unzip me???*

12:18 pm

lotti - shouldn't that be 'unpeel'?

I'm jewish too shalom abba look a dag

12:19 pm

EB if Torgone`s doing it, he can call it whatever he likes ;)

12:19 pm

can bananas blush?

12:20 pm

Lotti, just managed to lose the link but I can send you a Miyavi fan vid to the same song if you'd really like :D (this is the fan video that had me singing 'too sexy for my shirt' for about two hundred years)

12:20 pm

Why is he here??? You`ll blush then!!!!

why has everyone got bananas as logos

12:21 pm

Lotti - I don't think Tor is here...

12:22 pm

Afternoon everyone. I'm on 68 and struggling....I cannot get all those qu's.

12:22 pm

Miyavi... Choosing to ignore what? His Noodly Appendage? How can you ignore the One True God? R'amen

12:22 pm

*water boiling*

12:23 pm

How many are there?

12:23 pm

Speed freak, at my school I had PSE day today. The teachers told us it was going to be sex ed., in particular we would be putting condoms on bananas :/

12:23 pm

Speedfreak - the abridged version - Monday was 'smiley face' day Miya was supposed to have a 'sex ed' discussion in school today (Tues) Babbler thought it would be fun to 'surprise' her with bananas all around... The rest goes from there...I believe tomorrow is "cat" day!

12:24 pm

haha...i only just heard of the flying spaghetti monster for the first time maybe a month or so ago + now i hear about it all the time!!

12:24 pm

Phyl - 165

12:24 pm

Tuva, don't forget how close I got to giving a banana protection against STI's and unwanted pregnancy. Noodly appendages are just about the limit to what I can stand

12:24 pm

Miya - Have you read Speedfreak's bio? It could be a 9 year old or his dad. If it wasn't the father there will be a little talk this evening to explain that one!

12:25 pm

Oh well *looks sad* i`ll catch up with him later i`m sure EB :( Miyavi, check your mail!!!!

12:25 pm

Well, got a few more on the second run through -- couldn't fathom the ar clues -- missing both ar 7's and the last two at's (7&6) -- have 10 minutes before I have to leave -- can anyone help?

12:25 pm

yay, mail mail mail :D *scrapes cobwebs out of inbox* Smeltz...um, I, um...*blushing* no...

12:27 pm

cyber - sorry - not that far along...

12:27 pm

clue on the er4/4 word?

12:27 pm

to make money, spelled otherwise. :)

12:27 pm

never mind, monkey'd it.

12:27 pm

Lotti - maybe one of the other gents could substitute for now! Smeltzie - good catch...um...that may be hard to explain!

12:27 pm

thanks eva

12:27 pm

sesame street... bert & er*** - take out a letter

12:28 pm

down to 23 t's now... then I am done!

12:28 pm

Oh my...Speedfreak, I'm so, so sorry! *hangs head* Ignore me Ignore me Ignore me!

12:29 pm

EB how could you even suggest it, there is "NO" substitute for Torgone!!!!!!!! :(

12:30 pm

Anyway, i`d better go get dinner for family!! See you all...soon i hope :)

12:30 pm

lotti - SO sorry! I just meant, um, well... *hangs head in shame*

12:31 pm

LOL EB...you`re a star!! ;o) Later xx

12:31 pm

Hi all - banana Tuesday seems to have caught on, pity they changed your class Miy! But we did have loads of fun talking about it last night.

12:31 pm

any clues on the na 6/18 & na 7/28??

12:33 pm

One who does something with thread

12:33 pm

na 7 - snazily dressed...

12:33 pm

Miyavi... His Noodly Appendage is not a sexual thing... it is a holy and truly spiritual thing. Plus, ya got pirates!

12:33 pm

efor -- a spiffy dresser is na*** and it's ier

12:33 pm

na 6/18 a lot of talk na 7 wearing the right threads

12:33 pm

Snowy, I can imagine :)

12:33 pm

nvm, got 'em :o)

12:34 pm

ta 5/18? or ta 6/18?

12:34 pm

1st ta 6/18 that is...

12:35 pm

Ta 6/18 -- more Ta 4/4

12:35 pm

ta 6/18 -- mayo and pickle sauce for fish

12:35 pm

*cheesy grin* I know it's a sign of immaturity. But the word appendage just automatically triggers off the word crotch in my head. I wish I knew why.

12:37 pm

lol Miy - all you have to do is to learn to look like you're not thinking it!

12:40 pm

bye for now.

12:41 pm

*wonders how smeltz's lunch is*

12:41 pm

bye cyber...check back later (much later!) and I might be able to help at that time...

12:41 pm

Tbug - I was thinkin' the same thing!

12:42 pm

Snowy, I have one of those faces that betrays every emotion I feel...majorly annoying. Like when a teacher who couldn't pronounce her R's was talking about ranking in the Tudor times...five seconds before I cracked :)

12:43 pm

ha eastern! am contemplating giving it a try for lunch myself...

12:43 pm

this is terrible. I don't know how or why anyone would think this is remotely tasty!!! *throws the rest in the trash since the dogs ran from it...resorts to PB&J*

12:43 pm

And on that note, I have to go...see you all later, sorry for tainting any younger than I, sorry for the banana mix-up. Ciao

12:43 pm

Bye Miya - thanks for the laughs as always!

12:43 pm

LOL bye Miy

12:44 pm

*not contemplating anymore* :D

12:44 pm

*Scrubs tongue with steel wool to get rid of the taste*

12:44 pm

Tbug - LOL!

12:44 pm

shalom miya 8)

12:45 pm

Hey y'all--not doing the puzzle today but thought I'd pop in to say hi.

12:47 pm

hi scouts!

12:47 pm

scout why are you not doing puzzle today

12:48 pm

No time; too busy and leaving early today.

12:48 pm

oh yeah

12:49 pm

did I miss a memo on banana icons today?

12:51 pm

rahrah are you there

Hello !!! just dropping in to say hi =)

Smeltize !! Eastern ! Souts ! evean !!! Miy!

hi Scoutsmom =) how is everyone doing ?? long time no see

Tbug !

12:54 pm

yo

rofl hey Smetlize ! man have I missed you all !

12:55 pm

hey groovy! :)

thougth I'd try to do a few words

12:55 pm

Hi groovy,. good to see you

Snowy !!! good to see you .. how are you doing?

12:56 pm

Hi Groovy!

Poo!!!! you all have to forgive me if I miss anyone lol im just soo tired ...... but it's a good tired =)

12:57 pm

Nice to see you, groovy.

12:57 pm

Poo's Mom -- *LOVE* the banana pi! haha

12:58 pm

I'm good thank you groovy - not been babbling at the usual times recently.

12:58 pm

Hey everyone! Back from last minute T-day feast shopping... man!!! You do NOT want to go to the grocery store today!

Snowy I haven't really babbled at all ... the baby has been keeping us soo busy

12:59 pm

jen, with the way people react to holidays and bad weather, you shouldnt have left the house today! haha

lol Jen I was there about an hour ago and it was really realy busy ..... I was glad to get home

1:00 pm

how is the little one groovy?

1:00 pm

With the way my tummy's been feeling, I shouldn't have left bed!

1:01 pm

Hows it all going groovy?

Poo he is just adorable ! trying to get him into a routine but he's such a good baby .....we're soo lucky

1:01 pm

in a sliver of holiday generosity, our boss has decided to allow us to work only a half day on friday but still charge a full days worth of hours. :)

good Snowy he just came home from a visit with the mom about half an hour ago .. I don't have to take him though. They come get him and bring him home

1:02 pm

We have a little one in the office on Mondays and Fridays.. he just loves to cuddle with me...course i can't refuse!

Evan I don't think anyone should have to work on Friday ! but Friday is those big holiday sales .....

awwwww Poo thats soo cute .. he does the same with us . You can't help but love him

1:03 pm

evan that's a sliver more than i'll be seeing... i'm working friday and saturday... their idea of getting out early is quarter to five....

1:04 pm

i have a ton of vacation time, so i thought about taking the day off, but a lotta my coworkers needed to take time of to spend with their families... my family is just an hour + a half away, so ill have dinner with them + come to work the next day...plus, the BF is going outta town for the weekend, so no need to take a day off to sit alone doing nothing!

1:04 pm

I'm so glad that its ended well for you groovy - and it is so easy to love a grandchild! They must be the most yummy things ever! I seem to have endless patience & spend loads of time thinking up things for them to do that their mums & dads won't let them!

1:05 pm

I went to a paid conference in Nashville from Thursday until last night. I work today and tomorrow and take Thursday and Friday off. I guess I should concider myself lucky!

1:05 pm

i'm saving my vacation for Christmas break...poo and i get to spend time together then

exactly Snowy =) it's all good !!!

1:06 pm

heh, yeah, my coworkers wanna take time at christmas too, but i took off the week after christmas. boss can still give them the time off if he wants, but im not worrying about it!

Smeltzie my hubby is off friday also .. my dad invited us up to his place near Daytona beach so I don't have to cook ....... this way he also gets to meet his great grandson

well time for me to take a nap lol i've been up since 4 this morning and the day is not even half over !

((((((( hugs xoxoxo ))))))) i'll come back later !

1:08 pm

i probably should be getting back to work...have fun with the puzzle everyone!

1:10 pm

Its the ONE down side groovy!

1:10 pm

en 5/10? The fist one? ed 7/28? (I have the one that comes in) Thanks

1:12 pm

en 5/10 - add the past tense of eat en 7/28 - add tr5/10 to make a special request

1:13 pm

Thanks for the en 7. Should have gotten that one on my own. I already have the en 5 that's past tense of eat. Need the other one, please?

1:14 pm

done done done done done done !!!!!! I hate vowels!!!!!!!! Anyone need some help?

another word for the return key

1:15 pm

WTG, mtn. You're famous. And you don't have to like vowels; just remember they like YOU.

1:15 pm

en 5/10 - go in en5/14 - you make this when you go in

1:16 pm

Never mind. I had it already!

1:16 pm

need the an 8

1:16 pm

Congrats mtnjock

1:17 pm

ron - bug ingesting animal

1:17 pm

Hi everyone - how goes it today?

1:19 pm

tbug ta got it.

1:19 pm

Hello Sanky - working through the grid. It's a reasonable size today.

hi folks how y'all doin?

1:22 pm

thanks scouts, snowy, an 8, 2 part word, animal, long snoot

1:22 pm

mtnjock i,m missing the following 7s AR ..AR.. EN.. RE.. TE.. TR.. WA.

1:24 pm

ron the ar7's petite, small aria's (think french diminuitive) and change the last vowel for the 2nd one.

1:25 pm

the re7 and en7 are based off of the tr5 (which you might give a dog for obeying a command)!

1:25 pm

tr7 is the person knocking at your door on halloween they are trick or tr*****s...

1:26 pm

guys..miyavi fan not on yet then? all these bananas!!

1:26 pm

if you are next in line, its your turn next (te4) and if I get fired I am termin***d (add together)

1:26 pm

got the first en already

1:27 pm

She has been on already and is overcome...

1:27 pm

If I turn on the sprinklers in my yard, they shoot wa5, and I am the one that does this (the doer)

1:28 pm

re, en and tr are based off of the very first tr5/10 (trick or tr***)

1:28 pm

Really....poor thing I'd love it if it was done for me....funny bunny

1:29 pm

any clues for the 9?

1:30 pm

are these clues helping ron?

1:30 pm

qu9 is a musical 4 some (again french diminutive suffix applied)!

1:30 pm

got al them except the en not tr*** still having trouble with the ar,s

1:31 pm

thanks mtnjock -- never seen it spelled that way!

1:32 pm

If I come through the front door, not exit but en5 (one who does it, the doer)

1:32 pm

ron -- En7 -- the person who walks into a room.

1:33 pm

now the ar's are french, same ending as the 9 based off of the musical aria (type of composition, but small, petite, like a novelette, and you change the last letter)

1:33 pm

mtnjock magic will flog through the ar,s maybe monkey type. ta again

1:33 pm

Moshimoshi :D

1:34 pm

Miy....how was school?

1:34 pm

Hey, I still spy a few bananas...you minxes :)

1:35 pm

ron, save the monkey typing, it killed me and pay close attention... ARIa (but small, like a novelETTE)

1:35 pm

what do you mean Miy,been an Andy Warhol fan for hours!!!

1:35 pm

I'm baack. Where's all the banannas?

1:35 pm

Moshi moshi to you Miyavi fan. So, how was your day?

1:36 pm

kina like a woman's name harietta or hariette, I don't know the correct spellings...

1:36 pm

Harriet

1:36 pm

Hey Bear :) They switched our unit just at the last minute...instead we did eating disorders :/ They're waiting until Spring, when all the year nines are frisky, to teach us to protect bananas against STI's and unwanted pregnancy

1:37 pm

there was a big clue in there tbear... LOL >:) <evil grin>

1:37 pm

Hey to Mab also :) My day was saved at the last minute by some anorexic and obese people. Still got that particularly icky unit coming up, but for now, a reprieve. How are you?

1:37 pm

Greetings & salutations Babblers : D

1:37 pm

Sounds like a good lesson to me......off to search for a pic of Kate Moss.....hahaha

1:37 pm

No banana should have the pressures of pregnancy thrust upon it. Hi folks

1:38 pm

do the last two er's have the same root as er8?

1:38 pm

mtnjock cheers mate got them at last only 30 to go will stop at 2000hrs gmt and sink a few beers,or a martini or two.!!

1:38 pm

Oh, that's too funny Miyavi! (but of course very serious). So, hungry? We've got fruit.

1:39 pm

Hey Anj :) You were in on it as well, then...

1:39 pm

'Evening, Anj.

1:40 pm

Miy, the lure of Banana Tuesday was too much to resist. Pity they gave you Eating Disorders instead lol. Anything juicy, like a good barium meal x-ray in there then??

1:40 pm

en5 (last one) is a type of form to gain en***, and if you are in a contest you are an en6 (2 vowels on end)

1:41 pm

mtnjock....ur gunna have to STOP giving me these lovely clues...... ;)

1:41 pm

Hi Mab :) Hey, we had a good bunch on here this afternoon : D

1:42 pm

Okay, after yesterday and today, I am really starting to hate words that begin with the letter T!!!!!

1:42 pm

Anj, unfortunately not. Just a lot of shouting across the classroom, I was called anorexic a few times :/ (er...I'm not, by the way) Some particularly icky pictures of anorexic women though...*shudders* Mab, not funny! Not funny!!! It is obscene to make teenagers put condoms on bananas! And stupid to think we could do it without laughing, throwing them across the room, etc...

1:43 pm

tbear, after 30 minutes of trying to monkey type some of these, I would rather protect the sanity of some babblers... ANJ you bartending today?

1:43 pm

Only the ripest and most choice.

1:44 pm

How serendipitous that the lesson was eating disorders, and we all came armed with yummy bananas. Bananas have lots of potassium, which your body needs for making road flares and luminous paint ..

1:44 pm

Miy...couldn t find an anorexic banana so got a fat guitar playing one instead..refresh honey...

1:45 pm

I even changed my icon for you Miy

1:45 pm

torgone i do worry about you....AND how's the little fella?

1:45 pm

Miy, the skeleton in flesh-coloured tights pics huh? Bet they were sponsored by the Golden Arches... I mean we all need the main food groups...meat, fruit, veg, choccy and beer :)

1:46 pm

I think, Miyavi, it would be most unnatural not to laugh and throw things about while in the midst of such an activity. We support you in your yet to come humiliation.

1:46 pm

Yoink, I agree totally. Then again, bananas aren't really very frisky creatures, I don't think we should give them protection against pregnancy, there may not be enough baby bananas for the world.

1:46 pm

nk this about sums up miyavi's supposed-be-lesson for today: http:// www.ineedhouse.com/images/BANA NA.jpg

1:46 pm

mtnjock sorree still missing a TE 7

1:47 pm

Evening Torgone : ) I see you've brought the whole gang : D

1:47 pm

we will do this in 2 parts ron, first part rhymes with turn, and 2nd part is past tense of 'to eat'

1:47 pm

mtnjock...for protecting my sanity (bit late!!) I can offer you a glass of good red or a g&t (Anj'll warn you about the strength of these but rest assured I'm still here....lol

1:48 pm

Thanks tbear. He's pretty much 100% now.

hi again, everyone....miyavi, actually i did read that there is some sort of blight on bananas and there is talk of their becoming endangered.....

1:48 pm

Thanks Bear :D Anj, you left out marshmallows and ramen! (er...not both together...although...) Mab, I just hope I don't get hit by a flying contraceptive missile! It's happened before, it'll happen again... Evandine, I don't want to see what's in that link!

1:49 pm

thank you tbear, I was hoping to sip on some aquavit (water of life) here soon!

1:50 pm

mtnjock thanks again , my one brain cell is not on stream today, got that one

1:50 pm

...Now THIS link I love. The ultimate fan video...not too keen on the song they used, but it sums up well :D http://www.youtube.com/? v=OliKVY_LskM

1:50 pm

mtn, Bear practises the art of bucket chemistry where g&ts are concerned : )

1:51 pm

mntjock...water is best called Adams Ale,at least then it doesn't sound too healthy

1:51 pm

miya - I think you left before I could tell you what I thought of the ramen and mayo. It was terrible. The trash can even spit it back out.

1:52 pm

Anj...u forgot to add....and stays standing!! Please!!

1:52 pm

woot! just licked the an8 : )

1:52 pm

aquavit is a liquour that is best served from the freezer and sipped on the rocks, quite potent!

1:53 pm

Did the an8 enjoy it?

1:53 pm

OOH Anj don't you'll get hair on your tongue!

any hints for the 2 qu7/40s not the coin?...please?...

1:54 pm

Smeltz, not many other people like it. I think I subconsciously forced myself to like it when I saw Shinya of Dir en Grey eating some.

1:54 pm

mtnjock...will it cure my cold and if yes can i have some...please

1:54 pm

qu7 musical 4 some qu7 more qu5 (to be hush'ed)

1:54 pm

qu7/40 - singing foursome

1:54 pm

most definitely will ease all pain and tension...

is there an -er fish?

1:54 pm

mtnjock, have you tried limoncello straight out of the freezer? It's to die for! (and if you drink enough of it, you'll feel like dying the next day too!)

1:55 pm

I believe the cod of d'oh covers er, ier and s's ... LOL

1:55 pm

Does anyone have a clue for en 8/50?? Please

well save it. buddy...i HAD that one...so there ; p

1:56 pm

I have not heard of limoncello, sounds wonderful, vodka derivative?

1:57 pm

if you have the tr6 based off of the tr5 (beginning of list), then the en7 comes naturally, as thent he en8 based off of "trick or tr***"

1:57 pm

Depends on how you make it or the type you buy. I make mine with a recipe I got in Italy... lemon rinds soaked in Everclear and a simple syrup. Some people make it with vodka tho.

1:57 pm

Of course, I aim to please :)

1:58 pm

Gimme gimme gimme and while ur there what's the ending to the qu8...tried every poss last letter and it isn't happening...pls...I am ill!!

1:58 pm

ahhhh then you are looking for the sunbathing ending 72

ty, mt jock! : )

1:59 pm

tbear - There's no qu8.

1:59 pm

tbear, think the ending for the ar7 words (french diminutive) for the qu9 (I couldn't find a qu8)

1:59 pm

Just a big fat 9.

1:59 pm

Temple, check out my profile for the latest additions to the Fish family :)

2:00 pm

Oops...then again, Smeltz, the ramen-with-mayo guy isn't the brightest dude in the world...I think I just saw him inhale a pea...

2:00 pm

Mtn - I got the 7 one but not the 8... Does it build off the 7 before it?? Thank you

2:01 pm

hey folks. just started. looks like a doozy today.

thanks, anj.... i actually had a banana-related pic of me to post there but i demurred...too shy : [

2:02 pm

Hey Hurshy :)

2:02 pm

torgone that would have sounded so much better if you'd handed me a hot toddy to ease my suffering..

hi hurshy

2:02 pm

MaryJo... its a qu9 (not 8), and think of a french ending such antoinette, babbette, etc.

2:02 pm

hey temple, hey miyavi. how'd the class go, mi?

2:03 pm

and the musical 4 some...

is it cocktail hour already?

2:03 pm

hiya hurshey...

2:03 pm

Mtn - I have my qu. I was talking about the en 8/50.. Sorry

2:04 pm

hi mtnjock!

2:04 pm

en 8/50 a plea

2:04 pm

'Afternoon, hurshy. It's a somewhat repetative repetative grid grid today.

* gets up from floor and brushes self off* darn kids on those boards....

2:04 pm

mtnjock...big bear hug (breathing the other way) got the qu9

2:04 pm

Here ya go, hon. *Gives tbear a lovely hot toddy, warm blankie, and a big hug*

2:04 pm

yes, its based off the en7, add a sometimes vowel to the end...

2:04 pm

Hurshy, it didn't. They changed it to eating disorders at the last minute! So now Spring is bringing bananas in latex pyjamas :/

2:04 pm

hey mab. nice icon!

2:05 pm

so we should all have icons of the olsen twins?

2:05 pm

Do you like my cunning headgear? Thank you.

2:05 pm

yw tbear... glad to help

2:05 pm

Hurshey...where's ur banana...still under the circumstances...what the heck.... :)

2:05 pm

ok, so who wants to give dear old hurshy a clue for the very first word...ae6.

2:06 pm

mtnjock we 6/30 ?is it a follow on from previous we

2:06 pm

sorry tbear. olsen twins or nothing, at this point.

2:06 pm

any help with the te 6/18?

lol hurshy! so cool, mab - i was waiting for a carmen miranda...

2:06 pm

to add air to the lawn, you ae it.

2:07 pm

hurshy a bubbler

2:07 pm

ae6- to supply with air

2:07 pm

hurshy, making small holes in the earth in one's garden.

2:07 pm

te 6/18 - you need hooks to go with this

2:07 pm

if I pour wa5 on you, you will get damp, if I pour MORE wa5 on you, you will become we****

2:07 pm

ok, ok you've all made me feel sufficiently stupid. pass the fish and sorry. i was just getting warmed up. :)

2:09 pm

Hehehe...who sings the song Pretty Fly For a White Guy? Anyone know?

so hurshy - you're the 'top banana' on the Enterprise?? : )

2:10 pm

Offspring! : )

2:10 pm

Thank you Mtn

2:11 pm

you got to keep em seperated!..... rockin now...

2:11 pm

Thanks Anj...someone put it to another (another) Miyavi fan vid. Which I just shamelessly drooled over :D One thing though...Miyavi kisses guys way too much!

2:12 pm

eastern - how long has it been since you refreshed? i assume you're referring to capt. picard... but now i have a new icon. :)

2:13 pm

mtnjock ta mate . slap me with that haddock

2:13 pm

Miy, er... maybe, he, well...umm... heh-heh :/ *a little help here guys...*

2:14 pm

haz - Do you have another clue for the te6/18?

refreshing but still shows the cap'n...I'll be right back!

2:15 pm

ta 6/18 fishy sauce

2:15 pm

See you'll later...horrible daughter wants to chat with her boyfriend aqnd Mama gets to watch tv.....not fair...my laptop....BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Hurshy - smiley face from yesterday? how passe! LOL

2:16 pm

how about these ar7's - any help there?

2:16 pm

awwww Bear. At least you can see what they're doing lol ;)

2:16 pm

Later Bear :) Anj, he's not gay! Very camp, but not gay. His backing guitarist was onstage, all the fans were yelling "kiss! kiss! kiss!" so he, er...did...

2:16 pm

Well, Miy, assuming the performer is Japanese, I would say he is kissing other men as a comment on, or reaction to the traditional Japanese taboo on being touchy feely.

2:17 pm

Or, he's gay.

mab - love the headgear : )

2:17 pm

Hurshy, think CZJ in Darling Buds of May and drop the M ...of course, that's assuming DBoM made it across the pond.

2:17 pm

i know, i know - but it's hard to keep up with the babble trends. and this one suits me.

2:18 pm

Thanks, EB. Love your song and dance banana.

2:18 pm

Mab, you're probably right there...though it could just be fanservice, a lot of the bands I like tend to do that. In fact...all of the bands I like do that! *thinks* Toshiya kissed Shinya, Miyavi kissed Sakito, Bou kissed that guy, Meguru kissed Tara...oooh dear...

2:18 pm

Miy, we will put it down to performance art and move swiftly on : D

2:18 pm

don't kill me, this was requested: an 8 40 - animal, long nose ar 7 28 - small aria (french diminutive ending) ar 7 28 - small aria (french diminutive ending) at 7 28 - to lose by attrition en 7 28 - one who comes in en 7 28 - to emplore (en + tr5) en 8 50 - to emplore (en + tr6) it 7 28 - to list (let me re+it7 these points) na 7 28 - the most neatest trimmest person qu 7 40 - qu5 + sunbathing ending qu 7 40 - 25 cents or 1/4 qu 7 40 - musical 4 some qu 9 72 - musical 4 some + french diminutive ending qu 7 40 - to make even less noise ra 7 28 - rodent + high school aged person ra 8 40 - one who works with a type of wicker re 7 28 - re + tr5 (to fall back) te 7 28 - rhymes turn, add past tense of to eat tr 7 28 - on halloween these trick or tr7's come to your door wa 7 44 - one who pours wa5

2:18 pm

DBoM may have made it across the pond, but not to me!

2:18 pm

Mab, he has a girlfriend :) I may have to kill her...

hurshy - we'll let it pass THIS time : ) Thanks mab - just a throw back to the show tunes the other day...

2:19 pm

ooh! *hurshy pounces on mtn's mtn of clues*

2:19 pm

Probably a good idea, Anj :) Though personally I think a lot of those fans were yelling "kiss me! Kiss MEEEE!" and he just didn't notice

2:20 pm

Kill you mtnjocK, I think I'm in love!

2:20 pm

Hehehe...and Anj, another fan vid with that song you hate so much :D This time it's Dir en Grey's turn... http://www.youtube. com/?v=C7l7GgMLNyw

2:20 pm

...were they the boys or the girls Miya??? ;)

2:21 pm

Miy, i've beem humming Umbrella to myself all day, complete with mad chicken noises... : )

2:23 pm

Anj, I think both :) Probably a good job I wasn't there...it would have been a "run away with me!" episode...or possibly "take me now!"...please don't ask. I blame my friend Hayley.

2:23 pm

a friend just IM'd me and said to post my clues for 7 and above for her, she is trying to finish for the first time without a2z or morewords!

2:23 pm

oh, how excellent. mtnjock, you are so awesome.

2:24 pm

also, the noise you make on a roller coaster comes into a lot of words.....

2:24 pm

Yay! Spreading the j-rock, spreading the j-rock...if you want to try the choked chicken noises, you may wanna give Mazohyst of Decadence...you've got some throwing up sound effects in there :)

2:25 pm

miy, that just went blasting through my office!!!!! ROFLMAO... my co-workers were perplexed...

2:25 pm

Talking if that, I see Gary Glitter is potentially facing a firing squad in Vietnam. You would hope he had learnt his lesson from his jail sentence in the UK... : /

2:26 pm

who is 'gary glitter"?

2:27 pm

how can this be so hard when i know the first three letters? at 6/18? (i don't have either one)

is he the "rock & roll part II" gary glitter?

2:27 pm

Mtn, huzzah! Please don't ask about Kyo's dancing...some things are better left out :) Now that you've seen that fan video, you can see how I waste a lot of my free time :)

hurshy: what you wear

2:28 pm

He wrote that song they play at every sporting event ever. The lyrics are: "Hey"

2:28 pm

my at****ion span is small, and I don't have at + car wheel

and what A boy scout camos out in...

2:28 pm

man, my brain should have an "out of order" sign today.

2:29 pm

thanks temple.

tor: rock & roll part II

2:29 pm

Mtn, glam-pop artist from the 70/80s. Like Temple said, plus Dya wanna be in my gang, leader of the gang... etc

2:29 pm

Yeah, they're a little tougher on their child molesters than we are.

last ra6/18, and last ra5/18?

2:30 pm

thanks mtn also.

2:30 pm

aaahhhhh light comes on... I know the music... child molester? If he did it, he gets what he deserves...

2:30 pm

where does brandyjack get all this time and information

2:30 pm

Child molester?! No comment...

2:31 pm

stupid question re: the qu 9 72 - musical 4 some + french diminutive ending What is a french dim. ending????

2:31 pm

Torgone, he's already been done for having a computer full of under age stuff : / There's no helping some people. And they don't commute the death sentence over there.

2:31 pm

ra 5/18 steaks come in medium, well, rare, and more uncooked than you... ra6 - more rodenty than most...

2:32 pm

ra 6/18 certain dogs hunt certain rodents, making them ra6's ra 5/18 less cooked

2:32 pm

claudette, bambette, antionette..

2:32 pm

Hi guys :)

2:32 pm

Hey Lola :)

2:32 pm

lola! how festive you look.

2:32 pm

All done... think I'll go lay down now and pray I am not having a Crohn's flare up. Talk to you guys later!

2:33 pm

Hi lola

2:33 pm

Hi lola. How beautiful your icon is.

2:33 pm

Hi babe : ) (((xx))) How was the sausage? ;)

2:33 pm

Later Jen :)

2:33 pm

oh come on! no eeny? eeny, meeny, miny, mo...

2:33 pm

later Jen, did that help aknitter?

2:33 pm

man, i did a google image search for "Banana Icon"... no good. no good at all. So, consider my icon updated for today.

bye, jen...nasty stuff, crohn's hi lola!

2:34 pm

Oh, poor Jen. I am also staving off a flare up.

2:34 pm

Why wasn't it any good, Boreetos?

2:34 pm

Hi Lola

2:34 pm

Eeek Jen :( Hope you're not. Taje it easy over there :)

2:35 pm

ty mtnjock, i didn't know what that french thing meant, now i do

2:35 pm

banana hammock pics, miyavi. banana hammocks...

2:35 pm

LOL! You nearly made me snort cola out my nose! The sausage casserole was very nice, thank you. Did you get my text?? :) Thanks guys, my ar4/6 take on banana icon day :)

2:35 pm

ra 6/18 help dont get it cant find it

2:35 pm

...banana hammock? what's a banana hammock?

2:36 pm

...woot! We're having text : D

2:36 pm

there are a couple of ra 6/18's which one?

2:36 pm

more rodenty than most or one who hunts rodentia

2:36 pm

miyavi, its a man thong, or a speedo. Not good.

2:36 pm

lee - ra 6/18's all have double cons. in the middle - does that help?

2:36 pm

er...oh... thanks...I, er, think...

2:36 pm

hmmm, someone's feeling naughty tonight! ;)

2:37 pm

boreetos....eeeeewwwww!

2:37 pm

the one hurshy said with the certain dogs eat certain ....

2:37 pm

more rodenty than most --- this describes someone i work with LOL

2:38 pm

i know lola, that's why i said no good.

2:38 pm

lee - it rhymes with "it doesn't ma6!"

2:38 pm

boreetos: it bears saying twice.

2:39 pm

Got it thanks a lot

2:39 pm

et5?

2:39 pm

mav, exactly. might i suggest a less racy theme, or atleast less phalic theme for tomorrow?

2:40 pm

hurshy et 5 -- mount et**

2:40 pm

neverMIND, pulled a hurshy again.

2:40 pm

boreetos, I believe the theme for tomorrow is cats :)

2:40 pm

but boreetos, I LIKE that theme :-)

2:41 pm

ooh, cats is easy.

2:41 pm

lola, you are-- well, you're-- you're awesome. :)

2:41 pm

Hurshy: it sounds like a case for pins

2:42 pm

boreetos, thanks! But...er...why??

2:42 pm

(and is)

last ra6/18 not the wicker? i had the one that describes a terrier...

2:43 pm

temple, same as wicker just change vowel

2:43 pm

ok, maybe my mind is just in the gutter, I assumed you were making a joke. my appologies. well, uh, you're still awesome.

qu 9/72 please please please

2:43 pm

good golly miss molly!

2:44 pm

qu 9 72 - musical 4 some + french diminutive

2:44 pm

Owl--change the second to last vowel in the wicker one.

2:45 pm

Oh! Boreetos! Just realised what you're on about and have joined you in the gutter...LOL!

2:45 pm

hi. off the clock and ready to babble like a brook.

2:45 pm

:)

2:45 pm

...I don't get it. Is it something I'm going to want to get?

2:46 pm

Hey Joel :)

2:46 pm

miya-- trust me. you're missing nothing.

2:47 pm

Hi joel! :)

2:47 pm

Good banana to you Joel : )

ty, shalee...time for a break...bbl

2:47 pm

I should take your word for it...but I'm too nosy!

2:47 pm

let's just say that borettos--if I'm reading it correctly--is making reference to the counterpart of today's theme. If I'm wrong, someone say so.

Is Torgone still here? Lotti needed his services earlier...

2:48 pm

ok , back to work with me. I'll be back a little later. :) thanks for the laughs Lola. :)

2:48 pm

Aye. And a foine bananer to ye too, m'lad.

2:48 pm

mtnjock: 4 women

2:48 pm

'bye boreetos! :)

2:48 pm

EB, I expect that is why torgone is not here.

2:49 pm

Any clues for the re 7/28 and both re 5/18... Please

2:49 pm

miya-- go ahead. ask boreetos to explain it.

2:49 pm

no Joelgee, you're right on the money. I just thought it was Lola making the joke to begin with. But yeah, no , it was all me. I'm dirty. sorry about that. ;)

2:49 pm

*ponders* bah, still too innocent to get it

2:49 pm

...later Boreetos : )

theme - tomorrow is cats... This singing banana will start with a rendition of "Memory" *clears throat* Midnight, not a sound from the pavement... Has the moon lost her memory... She is smiling alone...

2:50 pm

lola-- ravishing in pink and yellow.

2:51 pm

no, seriously, miya-- ask boreetos to explain it. It'll be the funniest thing so far this year.

2:51 pm

Why thank you joel! *lola does a little curtsey* :)

2:51 pm

AARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH quick miy, give us another song to stick in our heads!!!!!!

2:51 pm

*turns expectantly to Boreetos*

Jellicle songs for jellicle cats jellicle songs for jellicle cats...

2:51 pm

it would be quite cute for him to explain to a young lady the reference he made.... >:)

2:52 pm

EB-- I'm beggin'!!

2:52 pm

We move like cagey tigers We couldn't get closer than this The way we walk The way we talk The way we stalk The way we kiss We slip through the streets While everyone sleeps Getting bigger and sleeker And wider and brighter We bite and scratch and scream all night Let's go and throw All the songs we know...

2:52 pm

fights urge to counter eastern with "skimbleshanks the railway cat..."

2:52 pm

Mtn, the only song you're gonna get out of me this evening... "I'm...too sexy for my shirt...too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts..."

2:52 pm

I just want to imagine the cornered look in his eyes.

2:53 pm

Good song Anj

2:53 pm

MaryJo - the re7 means to go back as an army might do if it was losing, but i can't get the re5/18

2:53 pm

hello : D

2:53 pm

Its the eye of the tiger, its the feel of the fight, rising up through ...

2:53 pm

I think he's gone, though...Joel, I turn to you as mentor. *expectant grin* well?

...the cat on the railway train Old Miseftofles lived along time...he had many lives in succession...

2:53 pm

Hi Babs :)

2:53 pm

what was that song, Anj?

2:54 pm

See, the T.S.E. poems are quite good. Andrew Lloyd Webber, bad, bad, bad.

2:54 pm

Hey Babbler :)

2:54 pm

babbler-- feeling better?

2:54 pm

Hi babs! :)

2:54 pm

a little bit, thanks, joelgee : )

2:54 pm

Hi Babbler - you ok dear?? That was The Cure - Love Cats : )

2:54 pm

maryjo: the moisten again

BABS! Hi! Glad to see your back...

2:55 pm

hey Miya, Lola, Yoink, Anj.......... and all!! lol !! :D

2:55 pm

*tugs on Joel's shirt* c'mon, tell tell tell!

2:55 pm

miya-- I'm caught between treating you like a fellow being and the crudeness which will ensue from the explanation.

2:55 pm

his back eastern, I am glad to see his icon....

2:55 pm

'Memmmmries of the cats in the baaaasement'

2:55 pm

"to" moisten again (oops)

2:55 pm

ack, I messed up again, didn't I, EB !! soz luvvie! : D xxx

2:56 pm

Not been well Babs?

2:56 pm

her icon, my bad...

2:56 pm

*pouts* you know, I'm still in the temper tantrum phase...

2:56 pm

I'm a bit better, thanks, Anj luv! Thanks for asking. :)

2:56 pm

Oy! Okay. Think about synonyms for cat. Then think about today's theme. Then think about what the counterpart might be. People are going to scream at me for this.

2:57 pm

*concentrating* I can only think of feline

2:57 pm

Good Afternoon Everyone: Nice Rainy Tuesday to Babble 1/2 day left of work this week then Thanksgiving holiday..Yea

2:57 pm

AND NOBODY'S LEAPING IN TO HELP ME HERE!!

Babs - in your sickness...there are allowances! : ) Mtn - I meant to type 'you're'... for you are back...quick fingers & no brain are a bad combination!

2:57 pm

Very tactfully put joel. Miyavi, leave the poor bloke alone now :)

2:57 pm

yoink - bit of a sore throat and cough thing going on...... Beechams is magic! : )

2:58 pm

Hi speed! :)

2:58 pm

I'm with you Joel... if boreetos won't explain it, I won't... Miy, you are a very mature young lady, I would feel uncomfortable explaining his reference to you though.

2:58 pm

it 7/28 help please

2:58 pm

sorry to interrupt the fun, but can i get some help with the first ta6?

2:58 pm

Aww, sorry to hear it, hope you feel better soon

2:58 pm

Sorry Joel...I walked the plank earlier so i'm looking up at you from the water at the moment : /

*hands Babs another hot toddy*

2:58 pm

But I still don't get it! Lola, I'm turning to you now...though I've got to go in a minute

2:59 pm

Hey Speed - how are you??

2:59 pm

miya-- I swear to any deity you choose that it's vulgar and honest-to-god not worth it. Imagine the joy you'll have in the future when the light dawns and you'll have an "AHA!" moment.

2:59 pm

We all have to thank Boreetos later. A lot!

3:00 pm

a tabby cat is also known as a Pu8... and your class was going to teach you the proper use of a condom on a banana... (ugghhhh hates having 7 sisters)

3:00 pm

Wait. Look! Wasn't that Miyavi?

3:00 pm

*gratefully accepts EB's hot toddy* yummy !! : )

3:00 pm

Looked like Miyavi

3:01 pm

Coulda been a girl, though.

3:01 pm

* just got bombarded by 2 sisters for not respecting Miy's curiousity and intelligence *

3:01 pm

*wonders what on earth joelgee and miya are talking about* anyone got Cliff Notes for me?

3:02 pm

it7 - like to say again would be re-it7

3:02 pm

qu 5/18 and 6/30 anyone?

3:02 pm

please, first ta6? anybody?

3:02 pm

And I'm finished, nice and early today too!

3:02 pm

today's theme: banana's Lola said tomorrow's theme was: Cats Miy had a sex ed class today where they were supposed to discuss latex and proper application on either banana'a or cucumbers.

3:03 pm

bravo Mr Yoink !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

3:03 pm

Babbler-- scroll down to follow a thread Boreetos started having to do with tomorrow's cat theme in relation to today's banana/sex ed theme.

3:03 pm

kelstar a british word for line...

3:03 pm

all vowels

3:03 pm

*light bulb moment* hmmm........ do I really want to scroll down????

3:04 pm

Woo! Well done yoink! :) *lola wonders how she gets into trouble even when she is being good....*

3:04 pm

nope

3:04 pm

ditto

3:04 pm

Thanks for the clue hurshy xx

3:04 pm

Thanks Babs :) Feels good not to be going up to midnight for a change

3:04 pm

oh sure, give kelstar clues, but when hurshy just wants a smidge of help with the first ta6, does anybody care. nooooo....

Congrats Yoink!

3:05 pm

well, then miyavi got curious about what the brouhaha was all about.

3:05 pm

think pagan sex ritual (sting pratices it).

3:05 pm

I'm aiming to be done in 2 hours, Yoink. Reckon I can do it? Got 27 words so far .......

3:05 pm

good try, hursh-- 8.5

3:05 pm

Ty, ty, ty all

Hurshy - I haven't gotten the "t's" yet...I'm not ignoring you, I'm just ignorant as far as what the word might be....

3:06 pm

babs... for you: an 8 40 - animal, long nose ar 7 28 - small aria (french diminutive ending) ar 7 28 - small aria (french diminutive ending) at 7 28 - to lose by attrition en 7 28 - one who comes in en 7 28 - to emplore (en + tr5) en 8 50 - to emplore (en + tr6) it 7 28 - to list (let me re+it7 these points) na 7 28 - the most neatest trimmest person qu 7 40 - qu5 + sunbathing ending qu 7 40 - 25 cents or 1/4 qu 7 40 - musical 4 some qu 9 72 - musical 4 some + french diminutive ending qu 7 40 - to make even less noise ra 7 28 - rodent + high school aged person ra 8 40 - one who works with a type of wicker re 7 28 - re + tr5 (to fall back) te 7 28 - rhymes turn, add past tense of to eat tr 7 28 - on halloween these trick or tr7's come to your door wa 7 44 - one who pours wa5

3:06 pm

Hi everyone! another late start for me. :(

3:06 pm

is that a clue joel, or just what it appears to be?

3:06 pm

wow!! thanks mtnjock!!! I'm totally using BJ's cheat sheet today as well! : )

3:06 pm

hey deutsch!

Deutsch - HIYA! Welcome to the zany banana world today!

3:07 pm

Babs, it depends on how good at it you are. I tend to rely on a2z quite a bit once past halfway, I suck.

3:07 pm

hursh-- i don't have it yet either.

3:07 pm

Hi deutsch :)

3:07 pm

hursh-- what does it appear to be?

3:07 pm

yoink - I can't bear a2z. Don't know what it is, but it and I are just not good buddies at all.... :)

3:07 pm

woo hoo! Thanks mtnck!

3:07 pm

Any of a comparatively recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature written in Sanskrit and concerned with powerful ritual acts of body, speech, and mind.

3:07 pm

Sorry to have missed the fun. but I read a bit of the chat. *blushes*

3:07 pm

i've got to go now anyway, but i will continue nagging tomorrow! ciao

Bye Miya dahling!

3:08 pm

the last was for hurshy

3:08 pm

joel - it appeared to be a humorous compliment. *bows* in response.

3:08 pm

'bye miyavi :)

3:08 pm

miya-- later.

3:08 pm

bye Miya! Sorry I couldn't hang out with you this evening. hey Deutsch! : )

3:09 pm

But I just joined the party, Miyavi! Hi Lola, hurshy, eb!

3:09 pm

I'd have a much MUCH worse ranking if it weren't for a2z. Sometimes I just can't see the words

3:09 pm

Bye Miya Glad I changed my icon...

3:09 pm

Good night, dear Miy.

3:09 pm

hurshy-- it was a totally serious compliment. totally. serious.

3:09 pm

'nite Miy :)

3:09 pm

ta6, take your 2nd an5/10 and put a t on it.

3:10 pm

Hey, babbler! Have you finished?

3:10 pm

eeek! Sorry, Yay Yoink!! Better late than never : D

3:10 pm

no Deutsch......... am at 30 words...... how about you?

3:11 pm

et6 thanks to you mtnjock!!!!!!!!!!

3:11 pm

according to stats, I have only 165 to go! lol Better get busy!

3:11 pm

Were you asleep Anj? I'm nearly ready for tomorrow's grid now! ;-)

3:11 pm

yay, deutsch! That's the spirit!!

3:13 pm

Tnks, Joelgee! 161!

3:13 pm

your welcome hurshy!

3:13 pm

Yoink, no, just multi-tasking, but not all at once lol : )

3:13 pm

hello luvs...

3:13 pm

anj-- i'm going to use that soon. That's funny.

3:14 pm

Hmm, if it's not all at once, isn't it just tasking? LOL

hi baggo....

3:14 pm

baggo banana!!

3:14 pm

hey baggo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! don't you look cute today?? : )

3:14 pm

Hi baggo :)

3:14 pm

virtual multi-tasking

3:14 pm

i just got up, finished in the wee hours of the am, can't chat from work as ip addresses are blocked...anyone need some help

3:15 pm

Hey Baggo :) Joel, that one gets better with use : )

3:15 pm

Hi baggo!

3:15 pm

ty all..i tried to find a baggo bananas but alas couldnt

3:16 pm

fab clues mtnjock!! stuck on two: at7/28 and ra8/40 any further help? ty :)

3:16 pm

Hi again everyone. I'm sort of 'here' Am typing more Christmas recipes into 'Word', ready to post in BabAnon. Finished the puzzle hours ago so am ready to give clues if anyone wants.

3:17 pm

Evening Jac : )

3:17 pm

Haven't had a chance to read whole log today..so tomorrow is cats...normal pics or what??

3:17 pm

hey Jacula !!! : )

3:17 pm

babs, at 7, change the last vowel.

3:17 pm

check my biog, Speed ........ : )

Hi Jacula... Speed - it appears tomorrow's theme is "cats" unless Babs changes it!

3:18 pm

take your ra6 (I believe it means couch) and make it one who does it.

3:18 pm

ra6=type of wicker used in furniture making

3:18 pm

also what a rodent might get in Florida

3:19 pm

or put an indiana accent on sumthin they do to hogs before the slaughter them, gotta fa...er up and chagne to an r

3:19 pm

Thx Babbler on track now..:)

3:19 pm

ok, i note tha t it is a pussy cat theme, but it's jera's daughter so we gotta play nice?????

3:20 pm

LOL Baggo!!! Good point! As it's Jera's little girl, and she might see, I think maybe we should keep them nice........... at least until the UK watershed!! : )

3:21 pm

baggo, you don't know the half of it... poor miy is trying to understand the refences... LOL

3:21 pm

baggo-- as in life, take your choice. Just remember that there are consequences for every choice.

3:21 pm

got the ra8, thx guys, but still stuck on the at7/28. (haven't done my A words yet.... ). : )

3:22 pm

te 6/24?

3:22 pm

small aria (2 of them, change the last vowel)

3:22 pm

cor !! found it all by myself !! on to BJ's list....... : )

3:22 pm

So, all assembled-- what thinketh? miya is asking me. I want to respect her, but I just couldn't spit it out. Was I wrong? Should I have been explicit. I'm really curious.

3:22 pm

An abnormal condition characterized by periodic painful muscular spasms and tremors, caused by faulty calcium metabolism and associated with diminished function of the parathyroid glands.

3:23 pm

hurshy muscle spasms...te 6 or think of the shot you get if ya step on a rusty nail...and go from there

3:24 pm

*time to read the log....... *

3:24 pm

thanks baggo, mtn!

3:24 pm

You were polite and quite respectful... My sisters said that I should have said something nudging her in the right direction.

joel - I think you were right to be vague...13 is still young!

3:24 pm

joel...will read log and get back to ya!!!

3:25 pm

Okay. I went away. I thought. I got it. Ew.

3:25 pm

Night guys

3:25 pm

to me, not even the age so much. Just obvious and vulgar.

3:25 pm

LOL.... !!!!!

3:25 pm

'bye yoink :)

3:26 pm

miya-- told you.

(no offense miya...) Just too vulgar....!!

'Night Yoink

3:26 pm

Now I feel so stupid for asking! Sorry :)

Miya - people were only trying to protect you from the "EW!" : )

3:27 pm

Don't feel stupid, Miya. At least you have more sense than manskirt! lol

3:27 pm

don't be embarrassed to ask anything, be proud that you haven't been corrupted enough my society to go straight to vulgar bits... savor it

3:27 pm

don't be. (easy for me to say) just pester boreetos about it when next you encounter him. Let him twist in the wind.

3:28 pm

miyavi, never feel stupid for not knowing something stupid and vulgar!

Joel - perfect payback! : )

3:28 pm

Oh, Joel. I think if the dots were connected for her she would readily understand, but why? It's too vulgar really in the explaining, and was too vulgar to begin with. I think I would let it lie. There is no social import in spelling it out.

3:28 pm

I 2nd that option Miy... boreetos needs to squirm...

3:29 pm

I love this place!!!

3:29 pm

Group hug!!!

3:29 pm

only 143 to go! Yippee!

3:30 pm

Joel, I intend to *evil grin* He will pay...

3:30 pm

LOL!!! joelgee, I think you did the right thing!! Miya, you poor little luv, ...... LOL !! : D

3:30 pm

The miyavi_fan payment plan. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

3:31 pm

I think that you guys have been wonderful on here, and its nice to see protection of the innocent!!! (((fellow babblers))) miyav...i'm glad you're innocent

3:31 pm

** does any one else hear the ominous music and evil laughter in the background?? **

3:31 pm

Babbler, I propose Miy gets to pick Thursday's icon theme :) Any 2nders?

3:31 pm

ur6?

oo...oo...I do!

3:32 pm

I agree, just to cheer her up! : D

3:32 pm

2nd

3:32 pm

baggo, I agree with you. The guys on here have restored my faith in there still being gentlemen out there :)

3:32 pm

Anj, that is a dangerous choice to make...very, very, dangerous. People would be lost in the mad world of visual kei :D

3:32 pm

Miyave, honey, there is such ugliness in life, one wants so to protect. I thought you would figure it out. Such comments are cheap and insulting. Let's torment him to bits...ooo that was evil.

3:32 pm

The long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca

3:33 pm

I would, but I'm inherently against themes daily. Too organized. What? Uniforms? Marching? Arm bands? 'kay. I'm done. miya can pick.

3:33 pm

While we're voting, I vote Anj to be Honorary Vice President of the Babbleonia Social Committee. Who seconds? All who agree say; Aye : D

3:33 pm

ur 6 how urine gets from kidney to bladder by way of

3:33 pm

mtnjock - lol, was thinking of that but the longer version, which isn't here

3:33 pm

mab-- Aha!

3:33 pm

Sorry. I'd disappeared off onto Google, trying to find a banana in nurse's uniform for Baggo. No success.

3:34 pm

yeah, i'm with joel. maybe after this week we could have just one theme day a week or something. it's tiring looking for new icons.

aye

3:34 pm

that's right, baggo. you had a banana in a nurse's cap earlier.

3:34 pm

i second about anj!

3:35 pm

Aye (re Anj).

3:35 pm

Fine. Sure. But you know where electing officials can lead. . .

3:35 pm

I wouldn't let me pick, though, the types of themes I'd love would really only appeal to me! And Hyari, if she comes on :) And about Anj, definitely!

3:35 pm

Lola i agree these guys on this site are truly gentleman, and that's why i luv chattinwith em, i couldn't find a nurse and a banana, well i did let's just say we REALLY shouldn't go there

3:36 pm

Aye and aye. Aye-aye, cappy! Shall we reconsider tomorrows theme? You are a good man, Joel.

3:36 pm

did that before the warning came out.... ew.

3:37 pm

baggo-- I'm cracking up. For God's sake. Nobody wants to go there again.

3:37 pm

Aw, Mab...just read your post, that was really lovely :)

3:37 pm

I KNOW

3:38 pm

baggo, lol! I can imagine... :/

3:38 pm

I saw the word 'ew', this time I'm just not going to ask...

3:38 pm

The grasshopper learns and grows.

3:38 pm

...uh-oh. Go away for 5 mins and i'm been forwarded, motioned, seconded, thirded. There's a joke in there somewhere... : D

3:39 pm

hahahahaha! DONE!

3:39 pm

just search nurse/banana and take the filter off...EWWWW

3:39 pm

we can't change tomorrow's icon cos Jera will have already promised her little girl............. can't let the little luv down, now, can we............ :/

3:39 pm

Hello people! How's it goin'?

3:39 pm

anj-- That's how people get put on committees. Turn your back for one minute and you're up to your ass in administrivia.

3:39 pm

do you accept your new post, Anj? I have already updated my Committee details (biog) : )

3:39 pm

Hai...a couple of days ago, I had to add a new rule to my list..."never, ever, watch a Dir en Grey PV if it is accompanied by the word 'UNCUT'" *shudders*

3:39 pm

wtg hurshy!!!!!!!! anj i'll second third or fourth ya...****looks around for lola***

3:40 pm

Hi sherry! :)

Babs - no...must keep the cats for Jera's little 'un... But as Baggo said, we'll keep it 'clean'...

3:40 pm

Hi Sherry! Only 130 left to find!

3:40 pm

Hey Sherry :)

3:40 pm

hi sherry....(refresh i found the bag o bananas)

3:40 pm

bon jour, sherry.

3:41 pm

bon soir, Sherry !! : )

Hi Sherry...

3:41 pm

Bonsoir Sherry :) Babbler, It's a dirty job, but someone's got to delegate it ; ) Joel, I take it you've been quangoed 'in absentia' as well then? Used to happen all the time at word. Mine you, it was a bl**dy effective way of making sure everyone actually attended briefings in the first place LMAO :' D

3:41 pm

bravo hurshy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

3:42 pm

bon bon, sherry.

3:42 pm

I was planning to go back to my cat's eyes icon tomorrow anyway. That fact that I'll be topical is an added bonus.:-)

Congrats Hurshy!

3:43 pm

No. Actually, I was the one who would nominate anybody not in the room.

3:43 pm

WTG Hurshy!

...and for Mtnjock - there will be no singing from the musical (at least from me)

anyone have a clue for ai 5/10?

3:43 pm

*hands hurshy keys to the Custard Tub* ...woot!

3:43 pm

Chers amis, il ne me reste que 102 mots a trouver...not that bad! So I sorta got that tomorrow is 'Cat Day'?

3:43 pm

Hey babe, did you sort the car out?

3:43 pm

thanks for the congrats, all :)

3:43 pm

Congrats Hurshy!

3:44 pm

hurshy-- yay!

hm i guess i've been staring at the puzzle too long :P

3:44 pm

Sherry, Jera's little girl humbly requested cat icons for tomorrow.... : )

3:44 pm

Not yet Lo, will speak to the D man tomorrow : )

3:44 pm

smooth think of what we breathe and on who would do it...an ai....

3:44 pm

Woo! well done hurshy! The champers is over there *points over there* help yourself! :)

3:45 pm

I'm going to see if I can find that picture of Kyo 'playing with' (scaring) a cat...would that still fit in requirements? Since the cat would probably be a little blur of pixels :D

3:45 pm

sounds good, Miya : )

3:46 pm

Babbler: cool!

3:46 pm

So cats it is (I didn't realize it was Jera's daughter who requested). hurshy, well done, indeed. How did you ever finish with all of this going on?

3:46 pm

should be just fine miyavi!!

3:46 pm

we'll let you know when Jera's little girl is looking, yeah??

3:46 pm

Yay! Just look for the black blob scaring the ginger blob :)

3:47 pm

if you google images cute cats there a lots of appropriate ones for her daughter, so we would be okay...there are some great cat bags out there too...

3:47 pm

mab - i just tuned it out. :) i have no idea about whatever dirty thing it was miyavi wanted to know about, and i feel that i'm a better person for it. :)

3:48 pm

Hey, baggo! What did you and daughter think of Harry Potter?

3:48 pm

Hi again, just back for 10!!! Very classy Jacs :)

3:48 pm

absoultely awesome...best one yet...

3:49 pm

hi Lotti ! : )

3:49 pm

hi lotti!!!

o.k. I just spent 5 minutes trying to figure out the 4th "TY"...only to realize that there were THREE! UGH! My brain is on vacation....

3:49 pm

Wish I'd thought of that, Hurshy. Actually, wish I hadn't asked. :/ Sorry everyone...usually I'm so dirty minded as well. I don't know what's happening. Someone told me a crude joke at break time today...by afternoon registration I realized what it meant

3:49 pm

hey lotti!

3:49 pm

Hi Lotti! baggo, it really was fun!

3:50 pm

lotti-- what they said.

Hi Lotti...

3:50 pm

Hi lotti! (((((XXXXX))))) What timing, eh?

3:50 pm

Hi sis! :)

3:50 pm

.... I did that yesterday, EB..... I even had a tanny and threw my toys out of my pram........ : )

3:50 pm

Hey Lotti :D

3:50 pm

Hi torgone!

3:50 pm

torgone-- lovely birds.

3:50 pm

deutsch....there is a boy at notre dame that is paying for his schooling with a website called mugglenet.com, it is the most amazing potter website that i have seen, jk even visits it....

3:50 pm

Hi lotti! Miy: no reason for you to be sorry about anything. Onward, now I focus. On grid.

3:51 pm

Hey Torgone :)

3:51 pm

a bit different from your prev bird, though :)

Tor - you're in luck...Lotti needed to 'slip' into something else earlier...and would wait only for YOU!

3:51 pm

Hi Lotti!

3:51 pm

joelgee, that's the Banana Splits!!! hey Tor-Tor !!!!!!!!!!!

3:51 pm

Hi torgone :)

3:51 pm

hiya torgone luv

3:52 pm

can i have a clue on the ya6/24 the one that doesnt ryhme with schatter

3:52 pm

Hi all! I changed my icon. The whole banana things is played out I think.

3:52 pm

Hi all back for a few minutes...

3:52 pm

Shhh Torgone!!! Tell them nothing babe ;) (((xXx)))

3:52 pm

Ah, Babbler, you've just reminded me of the metalwork teacher at my school! Dismissing us after a fire alarm "Make like a banana and split"

3:53 pm

Hey Lotti : ) Torgone, that's a nice pair of finches : D Miy, so what's the theme for Thursday then???

3:54 pm

Hi Schroeder!

3:54 pm

lotti are those 2 kissing bananas on your icon??? then torgones got the finches...ya all are on it

Hi Schroeder!

3:54 pm

*blush........... hadn't refreshed page....* apologies joelgee... : /

3:54 pm

OMG, baggo, that site is awsome. I'll have to bookmark it and visit when I have time. thanks for the tip!

3:54 pm

Anj, you choose! You know what everyone likes more than I do

3:54 pm

EB i told you i`d catch up with him !!!!! :)

3:54 pm

but Anj wants YOU to choose, Miya !!! : )

3:55 pm

i keep going back, don't know when i see everything there, but it is definitely a great one. gonna get wands for the boys for christmas

3:55 pm

tell you what, miya, sleep on it and tell us tomorrow ? how about that? : )

3:55 pm

But Miya wants ANJ to choose, Babbler! Wait. I am her!

3:55 pm

I'm so proud of myself...first time I reached 100...only 65?? to go?

3:55 pm

Hi shroeder!

3:55 pm

miya-- just want to point out that choosing not to choose is a choice.

Indeed you did lotti...indeed you did! : D

3:56 pm

Go tutti : ) Miy, go on, indulge your imaginatioin : D

3:56 pm

Tutti: great! Soldier on!!!!!

tutti - only 65 to go! nice job so far!

3:56 pm

Thank you, Joel! Yeah, what he said!

3:56 pm

tutti, you're ahead of me. I still have 124! left to find lol brb

3:57 pm

my co-worker has helped with more than a few, I admit

3:57 pm

wtg tutti...rock on

3:57 pm

Baggo my bananas are having a snuggle!!!! ....... On the edge of a pie?????!!!!! For reasons beyond me!!

3:57 pm

Joel, so pensive, so philosophical today. And very wonderful. Ah, feel much better in my floral mode.

3:57 pm

...freewill strikes again !

3:57 pm

miya, what are those japanese girls called who dress up outlandishly? hirushoku or something ?

tutti - no shame in that...we're always helping (or being helped) in here too!

3:58 pm

Way to go tutti, I still have 116 to go...

3:58 pm

Anj, you know what happens when I indulge my imagination! Nah, it wouldn't be fair, since my PSE class pretty much influenced today's icons

3:58 pm

gotta luv snuggling bananas and pie...lol

3:58 pm

Free will is what separates us from angels and demons.

3:58 pm

*slips on a peel and slides into the chatlog...*

3:58 pm

Babbler...huh?

3:58 pm

hey evanadine *helps her back on her feet*

evanadine...hello! welcome back!

3:59 pm

I'm in need of help, please. I'm missing the first re 4/4, the re 5/18 and also qu 5/18 and qu 6/30. I'd love to get this finished, so any help would be appreciated.

3:59 pm

Howdy, Evanadine!

3:59 pm

*steps aside and waves at evandine as she slides by*

3:59 pm

Harajuku Girls!! that's it.

3:59 pm

Hi evanadine :)

3:59 pm

oh yeah, you guys definately help too...and I would help you but I get so focused and figure since i'm a newbie i'll probably confuse the situation ;)

4:00 pm

Babbler, which Japanese girls that dress up weirdly?

4:00 pm

Hi egurl85. I know you asked for a clue about 30 posts ago for the ya/6 that doesn't rhyme with schatter. I'd help you out but I'm stuck on it too! Can anyone out there help?

4:00 pm

im a sleepy girl! TGI almost turkey-day!

4:00 pm

well I was thinking, why don't we all go Japanese on Thursday, cos we messed up today ?? What does everyone think?

4:00 pm

Babbler, sounds good to me :) I can bring on a colourful range of j-rock inspired icons (what's new?)

4:00 pm

Well :( Off i go again...see ya everyone. Torgone i should be back in approx 7 hours ((((xxx))))

4:00 pm

haz, the first re4 is behind you and if you get a new license you have to re...it (get rid of the old)

4:01 pm

The ya 6 rhymes with the sort of word people use to chant or meditate with.

4:01 pm

Miya - Hirajuku Girls - they go for entire head to toe outfits that they totally make up themselves. Very creative!!! Have you not seen them?

4:01 pm

See you later Lotti :)

4:02 pm

haz and the qu5 and since think of line and the person checking you out in the line....grocery clerk

Bye Lotti...

4:02 pm

I am SO stupid.

4:02 pm

Thanks Haz!

4:02 pm

see you later, Lotti : )

4:02 pm

ya6 rhymes with the grey stuff in your head

4:02 pm

later, lotti.

4:02 pm

Bye Lotti!

4:02 pm

'bye lotti :) I like the sound of japanese/j-rock thursday :)

4:03 pm

I'll try to stay up for you, lotti... Goodnight, luv. Parting is such sweet something.(((((xXxXxXx)))))

4:03 pm

Yup, J-day on Thursday sounds good : )

4:03 pm

4 the ya = + shorten the word for plate you put the turkey on Hi all - only 24 to go!

4:03 pm

hazzardous, for the ya 6/24 (2nd) it's a seaport in China (what's with the Asian themes today? Oh well, I like it.)

4:03 pm

* updates biog with latest decision* .......... : )

4:03 pm

Babbler, I've got to admit I haven't :/ I've seen the girls that go round Tokyo's youth district, and the fans that dress up like Dir en Grey or X Japan. Or the Gothic Lolita Bible Miyabi fans

4:04 pm

Hi Julles!

4:04 pm

wha? querty is not a word? for shame.

4:04 pm

Hi Sherry!

4:05 pm

reading the chat log earlier... I guess I missed the icon theme. Now I've jumped the gun for tomorrow!

4:05 pm

kakamolaka - It's spelled "qwerty"

4:06 pm

kaka-- thought the same thing, but it'd have to be qwerty

4:06 pm

Jules, you let the cat out of the bag : D

4:06 pm

Ouch, now that's a clash! Just listened to a depressing Dir en Grey song, then switched to a super-happy Miyavi song...so happy, it hurts...

4:06 pm

I missed 3 pages of chat while I was away typing 2 recipes. Took me ages to read back. I hope you lot will be using some of my recipes after all this! LOL.

4:06 pm

yer right! doh!

4:06 pm

well isn't that the cat's meow!

4:06 pm

google them, Miya, there's only like 3 pages that I just saw, but when you see them, you'll know exactly what I mean. There's a fantastic book that came out a year or two ago that's all photos of these girls. It's amazing. : )

4:07 pm

Jules2me - Lovely pic!

4:07 pm

tyvm

4:08 pm

**purrring***

4:08 pm

Thanks for all the help - one last push for the final re word. re 5/18 (got the other one)

4:08 pm

lol Jules !! : )

4:08 pm

jules-- is that a chartreux?

4:09 pm

Haz - If your subscription to something runs out you re*** it.

4:09 pm

Babbler, they're probably like the girls that hang around Tokyo's youth district...it's an amazing place! I did a quiz that said I would live there when I was older, and so I googled it...thigh length pvc boots, hair styles feet high, wings on the back of outfits...I can imagine myself there all too easily

4:09 pm

haz person who lets your apartment

4:09 pm

joel, no idea, it was sent to me with a bunch of animal pics

4:09 pm

that's them, Miya !!!!!!!!! : D

4:09 pm

haz or if its the last one...to put water on something again

4:10 pm

Man, how addictive is this song gonna get? "Gonna dance all go go go kimi ni ooh! I'll stay wis you kimi ni watashi hey..."

4:10 pm

Baggo - I think she wants an re5 not 6?

4:11 pm

well on that note...the log is blurring...i'm off...see you all later...

4:11 pm

I can't get it out of my head already , Miya!! lol !! : D

4:11 pm

Yes, Jacula, it's the 5/18 that comes after the re7/28.

4:11 pm

'bye baggo :)

4:12 pm

see you tomorrow, baggo !! : )

4:12 pm

baggo-- later, but what is that icon?

4:12 pm

Could I have some help with the an8, please?

4:12 pm

whichis the one i gave the clue to put water on again

4:12 pm

'Bye Baggo. XX

4:12 pm

'bye Baggo : )

4:12 pm

later days, baggo!

4:12 pm

a miyavi album cover

4:13 pm

Never mind... all I had to do was ask & it lept out at me!

4:13 pm

Jera, big badger like wotsit with long nose and loooooong tongue which like the insects that live in the Hill :)

4:14 pm

LOL Anj! 'Big badger-like wotsit'. When are you taking over from David Attenborough?:-)

bye baggo!

4:14 pm

ur 5/12 (have the one ending in eaten) and ur 6/21, please?

4:14 pm

are there 2 ya 6 24's?

4:14 pm

Agree, Jacula! Love wotsits.

4:14 pm

I'm stuck on re5/10

4:15 pm

Yes, there are 2 ya6/24s.

Gotta leave for a bit...be back later! : D

4:15 pm

Jac, I use my own taxonomy when I get descriptive : )

4:15 pm

EB, a bit of what???

4:15 pm

see you later, EB !!!! : )

4:16 pm

thx Jacula

4:16 pm

re5/10 - add an eclair to the re4/4 before it.

4:16 pm

Hey, my computer died a sec ago...did I catch the name Miyavi in the log?!

4:16 pm

see you later, EAsternBlue!

4:16 pm

re 5/10 just adds a vowel to the previous re 4/4

4:16 pm

I humbly cry uncle and ask for clues to ra 7 & 8. Thanks!

Anj - work, ride home, dinner...been listening to conf. calls whilst Babbling...now have to provide updates as I am OOO for vacation/Turkey Day the rest of the week...

4:17 pm

TTFN, EB. Unlike Anj., I shall be discreet and not ask 'for a bit of what?' ROFLOL.

4:17 pm

somebody had a miyavi album cover as an icon.

4:17 pm

Jules - re 5/10 -- re 4/4 + a vowel (makes it look french)

4:17 pm

*runs foward and throws self into Baggo's arms*

4:17 pm

ra 7 - rodent plus person from 13 - 19

*tsk*tsk* Jacula!

4:17 pm

Cybernan asked for ur clues a while back. Let's not forget her.

4:18 pm

*flops* finished! for some reason that seemed like a LOT of work today!

4:18 pm

For the ra 8 - if you have the ra 6/18 that precedes it, make the 8 the one who makes the 6.

4:19 pm

Well done, Atalante!

4:19 pm

Congrats Atalante!

4:19 pm

bravo Atalante !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

4:19 pm

lol EB, curiosity mangled the cat : ) Yay Atalante : D

4:19 pm

Can I pretend my glowing gas ball fractal thing is really a glowing gas ball banana fractal thing? *ponders*

4:20 pm

Finally saw the last re word and can now relax!

4:20 pm

Ouch...this is Miyavi's new single...sad lyrics, but the song just seems so happy. I swear he is just always happy http://www.youtube.com/?v=SJC_ 4K_8f78

4:20 pm

good for you , Atalante! (115 left to go!)

4:20 pm

Cybernan needs so many clues, it's no laughing matter!!! ur 5/12 (have the one ending in eaten) and ur 6/21, please?

4:20 pm

ok...i'm really frustrated..i can only find two chinese ports, one that would work in the puzzle, but not accepting the name. HELP!!! pwetty pwease?

4:20 pm

I thought it was, Atalante !! LOL !! : D

4:20 pm

ty for the clues but not getting it. duh, brain is gone

4:20 pm

Cybernan - ur6/12 - The long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca. ur5/12 is going to be a little more difficult to direct you to.

4:21 pm

Woo! Well done atalante :)

4:21 pm

..... I need the same ur5 ....... :/

4:21 pm

To the ur add vowels in order to get the ur 5.

4:22 pm

FAB clue, haz !!! gottit! : )

4:22 pm

Ur5/12 - United Reform Association of Eira. Not a real association, as far as I know but hope it helps guide you in the right direction.

4:22 pm

Good, so glad it was comprehensible!

4:25 pm

I'm still stuck. I have two of the ra 6/18's but I must be missing the one that precedes the ra 8. Any help out there?

4:25 pm

Okay, and with that song imprinted on my brain, I'm gonna go off and happily dream my j-rocky dreams :)

4:26 pm

my last name is the last ty word! :)

4:26 pm

Take the last 2 letters off the RA8 :)

4:26 pm

Thanks for the ur 5, jacula -- still working on the 6

4:26 pm

any help with the last tw word?

4:26 pm

The ra 6/18 that precedes the 8 consists of a rodent and a number.

4:26 pm

See you Miya!

4:26 pm

nite, miyavi!

4:26 pm

sweet j-rocky dreams, miya.

4:26 pm

Last tw word is a number.

4:26 pm

'nite miyavi :)

4:26 pm

Bless you Haz. That's the one I didn't have! I think I'm set now.

4:26 pm

'Night, 'Night, Miyavi. I hope you've enjoyed your banana day. Sweet dreams.

hi everyone! I am truly stuck on the two ya's...may I get some help please?

Oh miya...good night! pleasant dreams....

4:27 pm

still can't get the other ya6 24..i realize it's a chinese port but spelling doesn't work with puzzle ??

4:27 pm

Hi Temple! Sorry haven't go the ya's yet.

4:27 pm

nite Miya!! soz, only just seen the link to miyavi's new single.. playing it..... : )

4:28 pm

need help getting your yas out, do you?

4:28 pm

got it haz! thanks!

4:28 pm

Joelgee!! I am SHOCKED!

4:28 pm

Temple, ra6/18 (meow) or na6/18 (gossip) and change the first letter

4:28 pm

yes i need that ya ya ;)

4:29 pm

one is like ra6 or ta6, with the first letter changed. the other rhymes with a word people use when they meditate.

4:29 pm

For both 'ye's' think of a Barbra Streisand filn and change the final letter to a vowel.

4:29 pm

Tutti, Hyundai make a car called the La.... Just change the first letter : )

4:29 pm

joel, think bigfoot *sort of*

4:30 pm

What? Isn't that an expression from the Rolling Stones, only 1/2 off?

4:30 pm

Sorry - Was trying to greet my daughter who's just come in from a works' do and gave wrong clues and mucked up the typing. LOL.

4:30 pm

How about Meaty, Beefy Big & Bouncy??

4:31 pm

OMG...Thank you so much....my neck is killing me from tensing up...sheesh!

4:32 pm

why is jacula shocked? why is jules giving me clues? why am i here? who am i? who are all you people? What's this compellingly strange grid?

silly word, that one that is like the ra and the na...but i am lost on the other.. : /

4:32 pm

Babbler, you haven't seen Joel's Dried Frog Pills have you??

4:33 pm

Hey! i see we've gone bananas today

4:33 pm

Temple, if you meditated, you might chant a ma.....a Just change the M for a Y : )

4:33 pm

He waxes existential, then dissolves into confusion. Hey, that's my life!

4:33 pm

perhaps i could be bananonut

4:33 pm

Hi evanonut : )

anj - i am trying to rhyme a y word with ohm...LOL

4:34 pm

hows things going? words aren't coming to me too fast tonight.

hi, evan

4:34 pm

I knew there was something I forgot at the apothecary. Why are people always on about me taking these? Who is ooking at me? Why do these bananas look familiar?

4:35 pm

anj, 72, all others, good to see ya'll

4:35 pm

Ommm would be one subset of the larger kind of ya6

4:36 pm

TempleOwl - Think 'Hare Krishna Ma****'.

4:36 pm

Anj??? Joel's Dried Frog Pills??? que ?

4:36 pm

Hi evanonut :)

4:36 pm

Temple, you might meet with some resistance there... roflmao :' )

4:36 pm

Anj. *Groan*

4:37 pm

hey lola, i'm having a strange craving for tropical fruit ever since i entered this site.

anj : * groan groan*

4:37 pm

I was watching Miyavi get married in Miya's video link, and I came back to frog pills and joel looking his marbles.... : /

4:38 pm

It's the way I tell 'em : D Babbler, Discworld remedy - keeps the Bursar more or less on the right plan of existence

4:38 pm

eeerrrr..... loosing his marbles......... but he's probably looking for them aswell......... LOL !

4:38 pm

Don't ask, babbler. Just look at the grid. (104!)

4:38 pm

aaah, yet another book on my booklist that I haven't read yet....... : )

4:39 pm

oh poo............ 80 .......... : /

4:40 pm

Right I'm rustling up a brew : ) Anyone fancy joining me in the ritual of sticky bun?

4:40 pm

babbler-- not just one, I'm afraid. I think it's in the high 20s by now

4:40 pm

EEEEEEEEK! My wordlist's disappeared. *Has panic attack.*

4:40 pm

apologies for any mood swing in advance......... I am about to play Queens Of The Stone Age to help me with my wordlist........... ; )

4:40 pm

Does it contain chocolate?

4:41 pm

me Anj !!! me me me me me !! :)

4:41 pm

I vote aye on sticky buns. (at least three for me please)

4:41 pm

I also have the Nanny Ogg cookbook.

4:41 pm

What's it mean 'No words entered'??? I had 165 words at 1pm UK time.

4:41 pm

jacula, breath in brown grocery bag (remove bananas first.)

4:41 pm

relax, Jacula, it will return. Joelgee probably nabbed it for kicks and giggles!

4:41 pm

ta 6/18 (first one)?

4:42 pm

Nah. I save that for Saturday nights.

4:42 pm

Stats say I have '0 words to find' says Jac., spitting out bananas she's just inhaled.

4:43 pm

good going, jacula!!

4:43 pm

awe jac, you're so cute when you panic.

4:44 pm

Whew! My words are back.

4:44 pm

phew, Jac !! : )

4:44 pm

oops. thought you finished.

4:45 pm

i wish there was an 's', i feel so much more productive when there is an 's'.

4:45 pm

Dr_God obviously likes my last icon of the day better than the last one.;-)

4:45 pm

Back at last...Goodness romance takes so long these days....Mine are dancing bananas now....So 2moro is a tiddlypom days...gr8

4:45 pm

okay. at5/10. don't see it. hellp.

4:46 pm

Does anyone have a clue for wa 6/36

4:46 pm

Nanny Ogg? Of course they're back, Jac, words often go missing but they're never really lost. Babble's sense of humor.

4:46 pm

hydra, where's me tea

4:46 pm

The 2 ar7/s are fun to find, unless you're an opera buff. (That's a clue for anyone that needs it, btw.)

4:46 pm

Hi tbear, sorry, Joelgee, I have no at

4:46 pm

hydra stop babbling

4:47 pm

Nanny Ogg-- a very powerful and bawdy witch. Her favorite song: A wizard's staff has a knob on the end.

last ta5, please?

4:47 pm

at5/10 - think of at*** of Roses. Often used in talcs and perfume.

4:47 pm

Hi tbear! Feeling better today? :)

4:47 pm

maryjo: soupy

4:47 pm

hey tbear!! how you doing, girl? : )

4:48 pm

My, my, Joelgee. You are feeling fruity tonight! LOL.

4:48 pm

Mab, I believe she wrote "The Joye of Snackes" : D Sticky buns up: Choux pastries eclairs chocolate eclaies iced fingers custard slices jelly doughnuts custard doughnuts choccy covered custard doughnuts Profitandlosseroles (for business snacks) Tuck in :)

4:48 pm

BAck again...at least now I'm home, tho!

4:48 pm

I'm off folks! I'm dead! See ya tomorrow!

4:49 pm

wa6/36 - fairly aqueous.

4:49 pm

Nite Sherry!

4:49 pm

'Night Sherry.

4:49 pm

already had two fondant custard slices today, but......... what the hell........... *picks up a custard slice* thanks Anj! :)

4:49 pm

Hi artlady, nice nanners!

4:49 pm

Bye Sherry!

4:50 pm

bye Sherry : ) hi artlady : )

4:50 pm

jacula-- great at6 clue. Sadly, it has no meaning to me.

4:50 pm

Hi Artlady!

4:50 pm

'night sherry.

bye, sherry! hi, artlady!

4:50 pm

make that at5 clue.

4:50 pm

*lola takes one of everything with chocolate on* Thanks babe :)

4:51 pm

Hi girls....still fulla cold...but my youngest just brought me back a white chocolate polar bear called 'Baxter'...who's now gone and I feel like a cannibal. Lola staying in bed as much as poss to get rid of this virus BEFORE SATURDAY...AAAagggghhhhhh

4:51 pm

cant find the at- 6/18'S

4:51 pm

Artlady I do love your icon - remind me of the Conehead family.

4:51 pm

The 'at' word - Think of Macadam (not our Macadam) and what he made for roads.

4:51 pm

'nite sherry :)

4:51 pm

ta 5/12 -- some people live in an ivory t**** -- change the first vowel to an a

4:51 pm

I still can't get it... Does it start like the 5/18 above it?

joelgee: do you need the clothing - or the one A boy scout camps out in?

4:51 pm

'nite Sherry : ) Joel, I thought Nanny Ogg's song was 'The hedgehog can never be b*gg#r#d at all' ???

4:52 pm

my bad: at5/10

4:52 pm

It's not CONEHEADS! It's that fabulous new singing group... BaaaNaaaaNaaaaa!

4:52 pm

(Ok, I really need to find a new line...)

4:52 pm

That would be the other song. Jacula!!

ty, cyber : )

4:53 pm

I've been trying to remember half the day, what is the name of those Caribbean vegs that look like bananas?

4:53 pm

MaryJo24: it's an extension of that one

4:53 pm

hello everyone...just popped in to say 'hello' and is everyone ok ?

4:53 pm

ok, break time once again.

4:53 pm

Plantain

4:53 pm

plantains

4:53 pm

Gee Karys, what big eyes you have : )

4:53 pm

doing great, thanks

4:54 pm

Hi Karys.

4:54 pm

at5?

4:54 pm

plantain

4:54 pm

Snap Joel...but i got there first...ha ha

4:54 pm

Joelgee - THANK YOU!

4:54 pm

Hi boreetos!

4:54 pm

o en espanol, plantanas. i tihnk.

4:54 pm

hi deutsch!

4:54 pm

at 5....____ of roses

4:54 pm

hi Anj....feeling somewhat left out already....'yes I have no Bananas...I have no Bananas today'.....!

4:55 pm

JACULA !!!!!!!!!! blimey!! (just refreshed page) *shudders.......... goes back to the list....... *

4:55 pm

Thank you, too, Boreetos.

4:55 pm

tbear-- you win.

4:55 pm

great grid today

4:55 pm

What Babbler, what?? It's just a pic of me coughing up those bananas I inhaled.

4:55 pm

artlady-- they tried with the roses already. No connection for me.

4:56 pm

eeerrmmm....Jac...well...!!!!! !

4:56 pm

Jacula The Innocent

4:56 pm

boreetos....platanos...but that is the word they use for bananas...not plantain....I know...Who cares!!

4:56 pm

Jacula -- thanks for the operatic clue -- got 'em!

4:56 pm

blimey, Jacula. Don't you chew your food?

4:56 pm

joel....babies word for thank you...after you at ...!!

4:56 pm

so, I'm still working on the qu9, I've got the begining, but I'm stuck on the ending. any help?

4:57 pm

Anagram of Art? TA!

4:57 pm

ok - NO ONE speak to me while Queens of the Stone Age are on........... LOL! for your own sanity and safety! : D

4:57 pm

thanks tbear, I knew it was something like that. Spanish class was a long time ago.

4:58 pm

bye for now -- back to the sewing -- it's more productive than this is turning out to be!

4:58 pm

boreetos...try different..ending for the 4 people playing

4:58 pm

finally. thanks. Jac-- you icon. Not helping concentration.

4:58 pm

Joelgee - My other half would laugh his head off at you calling me 'The Innocent'.

4:58 pm

qu9 - a longer way of spelling 'group of 4.'

4:58 pm

I laughed my head off calling you "The Innocent"

4:59 pm

Oooh, Jacula, I'm glad to see some culture injected here..."anagram of art"...

4:59 pm

Heaven forbid if Jacula and babbler ever went on a night out.....WILD girls...

5:00 pm

yeah, i read earlier that you take the foursome and add a french ending. But, I barely speak English, don't speak Spanish, as you can tell, and I certainly cannot speak French.

5:00 pm

???? *wide and all innocent* I'm sure I have no idea what you mean, tbear : )

5:00 pm

JoelGee - I take it you're touch-typing, since you no longer have your head? Or is it sitting on the desk reading the chat log?

5:00 pm

Jac...best not let my other half see that icon....'tis a sort of standing joke for us !!!

5:01 pm

Anj,lola...so is it pussy day 2moro? someone mentioned it earlier...??

5:01 pm

come on boreetos...you just not trying here !!!

5:01 pm

Karys - a 'standing' joke? No wonder your cat's giggling!

5:02 pm

*sticking to the list............. it's safer.......... *

5:02 pm

The restraint I'm exercising is nearly overwhelming.

5:02 pm

LOL....LOl....and more LOL....Jac....must think before I type yeah ?

5:02 pm

boreetos - qu5 + those little things girls use to tie their hair back - bar****?

5:02 pm

Boreetos, Yesterday, I done et** all my dessert

5:03 pm

thanks a lot Karys. I am too trying. sheesh. but seriously, with all the silly banter around these parts, its amazing that any of us even work on the puzzle. :) I'd personally have it no other way.

5:04 pm

me neither boreetos....but have you got it now ?

5:04 pm

Karys - No, don't; it makes for funny moments, like earlier when my banana was in pyjamas and so was Bobsta's and I said, 'Don't you think it's time we both got our pyjamas off?' I realised as soon as I typed it but left it in, with a comment added.

5:04 pm

IS IT A FELINE DAY 2MORO P L E A S E anyone.....!!!!?

5:05 pm

yes, felines. wo wo wo, felines.

5:05 pm

yes, tbear, it's cat day, cos Jera's little girl humbly requested it. check my biog.... : )

5:05 pm

Yes, it's a feline day tomorrow by request of Jera's little girl. So, KEEP IT CLEAN until after the watershed.

5:05 pm

tBear, yup, definiately a purr in the day tomorrow : ) Mrs Slocombe would be proud : D

5:05 pm

Jacula, LOL!! what time was that??? I missed it!! :D

5:05 pm

lol again...Jac....sitting here by myself...giggling...people would think senility set in already !!!.....

5:06 pm

Babbler...thankyou...think i'm a bit grumpy...gunna get a lemsip and go to bed...AGAIN...Happy Babbling Nutcases...lol

5:06 pm

s'alright, tbear, I've been having tantrums myself. get well soon, luvvie : )

5:06 pm

well now....if it pussycat day tomorrow....I'm ahead of the crowd I think.....which it just as well as I don't think I know how to change

5:07 pm

'bye tbear :)

5:07 pm

Jacula....ha....YOU telling ME to keep it clean....ROFLMAO....thanks that has made my day...

5:07 pm

ok, sorry phone call from my pop, finalizing plans for thanksgiving. Um, yeah, no i dont have the qu9 yet. I didn't get the little girl's hair clue either.

5:08 pm

Babbler - about 4-5pm UK time, I think. Karys - Nothing better than sitting LOLing at your computer. It's great to think how we can all interact, wherever we may be. TBear - Hope you get a good night's rest.

5:08 pm

nite tbear...sorry you not too well...hope you a lttile better tomorrow xx

5:08 pm

bye tbear.

5:08 pm

thx Jac, I'll save it for when I've finished. something to look forward to! :)

5:09 pm

I can't seem to upgrade, page keeps saying error. :(

5:09 pm

okay. refresh.

5:09 pm

boreetos....is it just the ending you missing ?

5:09 pm

Glad to have made someone's day. LOL. Ahem! Seriously now... does anyone need any clues?

5:10 pm

very nice, joelgee. !!

5:10 pm

it must be karys. I've got the qu7 for barber shop singers.

5:10 pm

yes jac...looks like boreetos does !!

5:10 pm

boreetos - what do you call the cheerleaders with the pompoms & batons? major****

5:10 pm

It's a Chartreux. Very much like the cat I had to leave behind, Mingus. Sigh.

5:11 pm

we gotta have a monkey theme one of these days...

5:11 pm

boreetos....extra vowel and extra constonant

5:11 pm

boreetos - add 2 letters to the end of your qu7 barbershop group.

5:11 pm

You left Mingus behind where, Joel?

5:11 pm

ok charm, which two? :)

5:12 pm

stuck at 106 and ready to scream

5:12 pm

boreetos....would you believe..'et' ?

5:12 pm

holy crap, I'm retarded. thanks guys. I finally got past the blockade of my mind.

5:12 pm

Boreetos - what do the French call tea?

5:12 pm

boreetos - ** the extraterrestrial.

5:12 pm

Joelgee...yr pussycat is cute as hell.. thanks for all the kind sympathetic comments (get none from my girls) and last but not least ANJ please refresh I forgot I found you these boxers to wear earlier....Lola will luv 'em...Bye and nite nite

5:13 pm

why didn't somebody tell me?!

5:13 pm

Tutti - All you have to do is ask for clues. Not all the words at once, mind. LOL.

5:13 pm

boree...we did !"!!!

5:13 pm

With his sister, Mioux at the house where I lived with my SO, about five years ago.

5:13 pm

lol boreetos!

5:14 pm

i know, thanks. I must need a whack or two with the haddock.

5:14 pm

LOL! Very cute tbear ;)

5:14 pm

hi lola....you gone all pink !!

5:15 pm

Hi Lola. How you doing? (NOT said in a Joey from Friends voice, since we are both females.)

5:15 pm

Hi karys! It's my favourite colour :)

5:15 pm

te5/10 pls anybody? just above the te4/4 gull....... ty : )

5:15 pm

but where do i start? i'm trying to upgrade so I can see what I need to look for but having trouble doing so. lets see, what do we have for W's. So far I have 11 W's

5:15 pm

LOL Bear - cheers dear : )

5:15 pm

Oh, how sad. Custody matters! Hope you have new feline friends...

5:15 pm

you a 'girly' girl then lola ?

5:16 pm

actually, I need the other te5/10 and te6/18 too........ if somebody doesn't mind?? taa : )

5:16 pm

Hi jacs! Good thanks and how you doing? *said in joey voice because if not, why not?*

5:16 pm

tutti-- I had the same problem when I tried to upgrade. Send an e-mail to Dr_God.

5:16 pm

Oh, okay then Lola. LOL.

5:17 pm

karys, lol! Not really, but I do like pink :)

5:17 pm

thanks Joelgee..will do

5:17 pm

No. Apartment too small and besides, it's not just getting another cat. He was special.

5:17 pm

have you got the fish one babbler ?

5:18 pm

ok, once again, I must finish off the work day. I'll feveriously miss all of you until I return tomorrow. feveriously. :)

5:18 pm

: '( what fish? the te5 and te6 are at the bottom of the list, together, btw......

5:18 pm

jacs, only kidding ;)

5:18 pm

looks nice in the log lola !!

5:18 pm

bye boreetos!

5:18 pm

te5 above the gull sounds like some mad Latin plural for what a Hammer horror film might make you feel. That's rather obscure, isn't it? Think 'te' + Sun King + singular personal pronoun.

5:18 pm

cya tomorrow boreetos!

5:18 pm

'bye boreetos :)

5:18 pm

Enjoying your icon immensely, Jac.

5:19 pm

ni nite boree xx

bye everyone! time to go home ...BBL. happy babbling

5:19 pm

see you soon, T-Owl.... : )

5:20 pm

ttfn TO

5:20 pm

ni nite t.owl xx

5:20 pm

Torgone - Have you refreshed lately, if that's not too personal a thing to ask? I have a naked threesome for my icon now. (At least that's how my other half described it earlier, after I'd told him about me asked Bobsta to take off his pyjamas with me!)

5:21 pm

me frightened to look jac !!!!!

5:21 pm

Oops. This one is good and all, but the previous one . . .

5:21 pm

Lola - I guessed that! G'nite to all those who are off to bed. I'm still typing up recipes which you lot had better blinking well USE some of AND report back. LOL.

5:22 pm

where recipes ?....please

5:23 pm

Karys - Babblers Anonymous, Recipes thread.

5:23 pm

nite Jac, see you tomorrow....... ; )

5:23 pm

nite jac!

5:24 pm

Good evening/morning/afternoon all! How we all diddling? There seems to be a rather bananary aroma in the air tonight .... ?

5:24 pm

There are some recipes for hanging cookies, requested by Marybeth in the Christmas Fayre part at the moment. I'm now in the process of typing up more cookie/biscuit recipes and then Crimbo stuff.

5:24 pm

ok jac..ty...will look there tomorrow...anyone got anything for 'conger eel' ?

5:24 pm

oh jac - corporate barbie here - have you posted one for sweet potatoe pie? i need one that's been proved - please.....

5:24 pm

Evening Dachef : )

5:25 pm

Hi dachef! Where you been?? :)

5:25 pm

hey Dachef!! check the biog........... :)

5:25 pm

aaahh...hi chef....need a recipe for conger eel...any help ?

5:25 pm

Hi Dachef! I've l got to run pick up some one. (91 to go!)

5:26 pm

lola.... got some chinese 5 spice, gonna try your chops recipe soon! sounds yummy!

5:26 pm

hi Deutsch :)

5:26 pm

: '( still stuck........... the te5/10 just above the te4/4 gull, and the very last word on the list, the te6/18 pls can anyone help? ty so much.... *sniffle* : /

5:26 pm

Here's my favorite recipe for eel: On the way out the door to get pizza, throw eel in the trash.

5:26 pm

Thanks Tbug. Good luck, hope the 'recipe' made sense :/

5:27 pm

torgone......lol...thats just no help at all !!!!

5:27 pm

LOL Tor-Tor ... : )

5:27 pm

Torgone, you took the words out of my mouth... : D

5:27 pm

torgone, you are now the only person to whom I will say 'yes' when invited round for a tasty meal of eel :)

5:27 pm

I keed! I know lots of people like eel.

5:28 pm

yup, had the rest of the ingredients already - thx for posting on babb annoy!

5:28 pm

aaahh- thanx babbler - thought I was missing somefin with the banana fixation society. Now I understand all! Lola - Ive nor been here for a while - work is getting a bit hectic with the run up to Xmas - I also went back to see my girlfriend in Girona last weekend, which meant real life had to take precedence over the babbleverse! ;D As for a recipe for congar eel - god knows....

5:28 pm

Cool! Let me know how they turn out :)

5:29 pm

babbler...its the same as ta6/18,...change vowel

5:29 pm

: ') thx Karys

5:29 pm

dachef, of course it does! When do you start the new job, btw?

5:29 pm

Good evening all, another few mintues before I leave work :-)

5:30 pm

well chef...thats helpful.....lol...ty a lot !!!!

5:30 pm

Lots of people? I think not (goosebumps thinking of past encounters with cooked eels). Not to offend, karys, but yech. (sorry)

5:30 pm

yatta is sooo a word.

5:30 pm

hi Jo : )

5:30 pm

it looked really good on the fishmongers slab !!!!

5:31 pm

Okay, maybe not a lot of people..

5:31 pm

Oooo Jo, nice 'naners : )

5:31 pm

Hi jo :)

5:31 pm

Why thank you, I like my bananananananas. :-) How did Miya enjoy her nanner-shock?

5:32 pm

Karys - a receipe for congar eel? take one medium-sized congar line and throw an eel at them. Then watch them run. Its a recipe for lotsa laughs! Lola - I have pretty much started the new job alreday - thats why Ive been so busy. Its with the same company, it just means a lot more responsibilities (me! Ha!) and moving around!

5:32 pm

everyones 'nanas look good fro here !!

5:33 pm

chef....think I may have to let you know how I get on eh ?

5:33 pm

Karys, you're all ready for tomorrow...WHat a cute cat!

5:33 pm

Sounds great dachef! Are you still moving up this way then?

5:33 pm

Uh, oh. What's tomorrow's theme?

5:34 pm

yeh Lola - moving up to Milton keynes end of December (ish)!

5:34 pm

Good for you on new job Dachef and on Italian girlfriend. How romantic. Do wish I had Italian boyfriend....

5:35 pm

Jo, they changed the brief. She had a film on diet & eating disorders instead. The Road to Bulimia or something like that...

5:35 pm

Is there a place named after Keynes really?

5:35 pm

Karys - I have no recipe for conger eel and I'm certainly not Googling it! ROFLOL.

5:36 pm

Well, thank goodness for her .... just prolongs the wait, tho, I suppose.

5:36 pm

Are you going to get them to open more nandos around here?! :D

5:36 pm

they showed pictures of people shaped like bananas throwing up?

5:36 pm

er, Mab, Girona's actually in Catalonia, northern Spain. Actually, they definately do not like being called Spanish!

5:36 pm

well...ok then jac....ty..lol...lol

Word Total anyone? I have 164...

5:37 pm

Lola - Hatfield is opening soon, as well as St Albans. Also another site in Milton Keynes. Also currently looking at sites in Peterborough.

5:37 pm

A Catalonian girlfriend, how romantic. I wish I had a Catalonian boyfriend.... Sorry, geographically challenged, as most USers.

5:37 pm

1 more!!! its 165

5:37 pm

Mayan, you're one short...

AUGHHHHH

5:37 pm

Okay, I've been bravely battling this damn grid all afternoon and evening, I shall now begin to beg for clues.....ae6 and the last two an5/10's, please??

5:38 pm

no, not that one... ; )

5:38 pm

Have been talking to my son, who's just returned from pub quiz night. Have lost track of who said or wants what now.

5:38 pm

lola...the ae....to put air in something

5:38 pm

Hey dachef, if you open one here...can I have a job?? lol! :)

ae6: They do it to sewage...

5:39 pm

I still need the te5/10......... directly above the te4/4 gull..... *whimpers* :'(

5:39 pm

Thanks karys and mayan :)

5:40 pm

Babbler - I gave you a clue for that ages ago. Dodn't you get it?

5:41 pm

*sobs* no, Jacs......... : (

5:41 pm

babs, te plus sun god plus vowel.

5:42 pm

Nice easy clues eh?

5:42 pm

te5 above the gull sounds like some mad Latin plural for what a Hammer horror film might make you feel. That's rather obscure, isn't it? Think 'te' + Sun King + singular personal pronoun.

5:42 pm

*checked Jacs clue again........ well, I say again, I totally missed it the first time around.......... oops!......... have it now (!!) * thx Lola :)

5:43 pm

BJ. Hello! PUT THAT THING AWAY! ROFLOL.

an 5-10's are very similar... first kinda greek sounding, second similar but french...Both are rather "cavey" but the first is human anatomy, second geological.

5:43 pm

I knew someone would pick THAT icon!!! lol !! Hello Brandyjack :)

5:43 pm

*Thinks. 'Just as well I changed my icon!'*

5:43 pm

hello brandyjack....thak you so much for all your work...would never complete without you !!!! xx

5:44 pm

Ah a fine upstanding icon I see : )

5:44 pm

Well, you know, when I run Firefox, all I see is my big ugly mug. It's only when I run explorer that that thing shows up. Although, I guess you guys all see it all the tiime.

5:44 pm

Babbler - I say again? You sound like Fred Elliott from Corrie. It was so funny when he scared Mavis's budgie half to death.

5:45 pm

BJ - You should move your webcam up a bit higher. LOL.

5:46 pm

I love Corrie, Jac!!! I've missed these last few days, must catch up .............. Missed the budgie scene, I think I'd have liked that. Still reeling over Orchid / Our Kid.... LOL!

5:46 pm

IIIIII'm Baaaaack! Nice banana Brandyjack. I tried to download that 1 earlier and couldn't. Just as well. Probably not appropriate for an old lady. But, it is very funny.

5:46 pm

It's right on the same level as my mind.......

5:46 pm

Thanks mayan, got them :)

5:47 pm

Well, I see Mab at least followed my suggestion that the ladies put on Orchid's......... More appropriate in my somewhat limited view.....

5:49 pm

I had a banana chapeau, jack, but changed into more comfortable petals. So true, there is little that is more blatantly sexual than orchids. I sport a rather demur one here.

5:49 pm

Please help with the ar5/10? :)

5:50 pm

True, Jack, or certain sorts of seafood. Thing is, all this was for a 13-year-old.

5:51 pm

Lola - ar5/10 - A sharp, narrow mountain ridge or spur. Add the 1st vowel to an re4/4.

5:52 pm

...woot! : D All words shot, stuffed and mounted

5:52 pm

In which case the symbolism was probably lost on her... Don't know why I was thinking she was older than that....

5:52 pm

Thanks jacs, could have sworn I tried that! :)

5:52 pm

Woo! Well done babe :) xxx

5:53 pm

bravo Anj !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

5:53 pm

well done Anj !!

5:53 pm

Anj - well done! Lola - glad you got it. Any more you need? Jack - hopefully, it was. One never knows these days.

5:54 pm

So. Are ANY of the AT words common words? I need a clue or two to get going, I guess. I have the 5 and that's it.

5:55 pm

Cheers : ) This one was another struggle today : /

5:55 pm

jacs, yes please! The first and third qu6/27, and the first qu5/16?

5:55 pm

On the stroke of midnight (UK) I shall stop coughing up those bananas I accidentally inhaled from the brown paper bag earlier during my panic attack when my words all disapearred.

5:55 pm

Oh! just got the qu5! :)

5:56 pm

Or even *disappeared.LOL.

5:56 pm

Harp, doesn't look like it. At6 - whe you concentrate on something you pay at....... Lose the electrically charged particle : )

5:57 pm

lola...the other one is French for four

5:57 pm

Lola - add a vowel to the end of your qu5 milk measure for the qu 6/27.

5:58 pm

Karys has given you the clue for the other one, Lola.

5:58 pm

Another at6/18 - clothes, threads, gladrags Security's favourite saying: "You are not wearing the proper at...." (which are usually the last words you hear before getting buried under 500lbs of steaming beef)

5:58 pm

congrsts anj! These icons are getting rather symbolic, Jac and BJ esp. In fact, they are getting a bit fruity. (fruity - geddit?)

5:59 pm

Cheers Dachef. Well they do say we should get 5 portions a day : D

5:59 pm

LOL, Anj! Yes, DaChef (Hi!) - Get it.

6:00 pm

*eyes on the list.......... having a tanny anyway........*

6:00 pm

tis midnight here !!!

6:01 pm

Why the tantrum, Babbler?

6:01 pm

clock bonging !!

6:01 pm

the flippin flamin flippin re5/18s......... both of 'em..... :/

6:01 pm

at7/28 - at plus tr5/10 meaning common, worn out, passe

6:02 pm

Babbler - re5 your subscription?

6:03 pm

Babbler - What Anj said and also to reapply water to something.

6:03 pm

...and I hate to tell you this, but there isn't another re5/18 : /

6:03 pm

*sniff* that might have been one of 'em........ *stifles a sob*

6:03 pm

Hi all - back from the pub quiz which we lost - again! Have no hope of finishing but thought I'd be here for feline Wednesday! Nice to see you Dachef - was beginning to think you'd abandoned us!

6:03 pm

both re..plus.. not old.....and not dry ...babbler !!

6:03 pm

thx Jac and Anj.......... : )

6:05 pm

........ and Karys :)

6:05 pm

Hi Snowy!!!! :)

6:05 pm

Mab, subtlety is completely lost on me.......

6:05 pm

OK, since the at 6/30 is NOT atweet, I guess I need a clue. Sounds like it should be a word, don't you agree?

6:05 pm

That is apparent!

6:06 pm

Harp, change the T to an N : )

6:06 pm

karys and jacs, thanks but I've got that qu6/27. I'm missing the first and third.

6:06 pm

Never mind, monkeytyped it. Now I'm all atweet!

6:07 pm

lola - first qu6/27 - you should know first three letters. then add "able was i ___ i saw elba"

6:08 pm

Lola, change the last two consonants in the 2nd q6/27 around to get the 3rd q6/27

6:08 pm

third qu 6/27 - french for four

6:08 pm

Hi everyone!!!! I see we are still in bananaland.... could I get a clue pretty plese on the at 7/28???

6:08 pm

Anj - there ARE 2 re5/18's. Yours and mine.

6:09 pm

at 7/28 add a tr5 meaning cliched

6:09 pm

hi hurshy : )

6:09 pm

First qu6/27 - think 4 sided shape with each side the same length. Lose the S and drop an E in before the R : )

6:09 pm

hi karys!

6:10 pm

Jac Shhhhhhh... I was hoping no-one would notice : )

6:10 pm

*Whispers* Sorry Anj. Okay.

6:12 pm

Thanks guys! :) Now how about the et6 and et5??

6:13 pm

I just noticed !! But I didn't notice before....... oh.. ok...... back tothe list...... :/

6:14 pm

hi Babbler!!!!!! *mamabear greets babbler with leap into her arms*

6:14 pm

lola et6...et4 plus er4/4

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack!

6:14 pm

et 6 - form of lasting forever et 5- add a word for very small

6:15 pm

hey eb!

6:15 pm

WAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA!!! It's mah Mamabear !!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh boy, could I ever do with a hug right now!!!! *gratefully falls into Mamabear's arms*

6:16 pm

hi mama!

6:16 pm

Thanks karys and hurshy :)

6:16 pm

ooh, as long as mama's giving out hugs...

Babs...what's wrong?? *gives shoulder to cry upon..."

6:17 pm

Mamabear, *sobs*, this game's really horrible and I can't see any words and all the words are really really horrible and none of them mean anything and and *sobs sobs* and and and I only got 127 words and it's not FAIR !!! :'(

6:17 pm

I'm still trying to type recipes here, in between reading the log, greeting hom-coming children, trying not to wake up sleeping partner (upstairs) and checking if the newly-mended tumble dryer is working.

Heya Hurshy... Hi Mamabear *Big Hug*

6:17 pm

oh, poor babs. ask for clues, honey. i'm done.

6:18 pm

EB, I are mostly having a tanny....... :'(

6:18 pm

aaaahhh...mama....be alright in a minute...hug ...hugz

6:18 pm

Babs - stop being like a bloke not asking for directions and ASK FOR CLUES!

Poor, poor Babs...this one's a toughie...too many dag-nab repeating letters!! there, there...here's a hankie...

6:19 pm

we all know it's a doozy. it's not just you babs.

6:19 pm

No, Jac!! If they can do it, then I can do it toooooo! *sobs sobs stomp stomp stomp* oh ok, well maybe I'll ask for a few clues........ if nobody minds? : )

6:19 pm

Hiya EB, Tbug, Hurshy, Lola, mab, Karys, Jacula, Dachef, BJ (like your icon!) ... anybody I miss??? Then hi to you too!!! *bear hugs to All** I could cry too, Babbler.... only have 39 so far.... thinking of taking up archery instead.

6:20 pm

Oh blimey! Just as well we got a job-lot of bog rolls from MAKRO the other week. They come in handy as tissues. LOL.

6:20 pm

babs - we did it by asking for clues. :)

6:20 pm

64 left to find here... not so motivated, chat is better! :)

6:21 pm

*Holds Bab tight* (which is the best way to put an end to tantrums, unless they are of the breath-holding kind. Best 'cure' for those kind are dipping the bum of the 'tantrumee' into a bowl of very cold water.

6:21 pm

I know, hurshy *sniffle sniffle*, I've been looking at them too, but I often find if a clue isn't directed at me, I don't get it.... : /

6:21 pm

thats all folks !!!...ni nite .....see you tomorrow !!!...(hopefully!)......xxx

Nitey nite Karys

6:22 pm

oh, congrats and bye, karys!

6:22 pm

g'nite karys

...and on top of your sickness too, Babs, it's just not fair!

6:22 pm

well let's direct some at you then, babs dear, and see if that helps.

6:22 pm

Night Karys The Innocent. :-)

6:22 pm

night Karys - sweet dreams

6:22 pm

*sobs* have you finished too Karys? bravo !!!!!!!!!!!!!1 see you tomorrow : )

6:23 pm

This puzzle has 14 vowels.... as vowel movements go, I think that constitutes diarrhea.

6:23 pm

Sleep tight, Karys.

6:23 pm

that's right EB!! I'm under the influence of sickness, Beechams and now red wine....... ok the red wine is self-inflicted........

6:23 pm

Jacs, us guys won't ask for directions cause our wives are all too ready to tell us where to go............

6:23 pm

Didn't we have one with only 4 vowels recently?

6:23 pm

*hands babs large hanky* there, there. blow nicely, take a deep breath, and we'll work this out.

6:23 pm

aaaaaahhhhh..............going to bed happy now...thank you all xxxx

6:23 pm

'nite karys :)

6:24 pm

good one mama!

6:24 pm

LOL Jacula must remember that for the 2 year old who is having the ' terrible ' 2s really badly at the moment!

6:24 pm

Jac (in black leather gear) stands sternly over Babbler and tells her having the sniffles is no excuse for having a tantrum. Yes, it's hard to concentrate when you have a cold, but WE WILL HELP. NOW GET A GRIP, girl! LOL.

Mama!! LOL

6:24 pm

*accepts hurshy's hanky, blows nose prrprprprrprprth - that's a rubbish blowy nose noise but you know what I mean*

6:24 pm

just got back, mama, my mama would give me a harsh look for that one.

6:25 pm

Qu 5/18?

6:25 pm

SnowyOwl - I had a friend who had a baby that used to hold her breath until she turned blue and passed out. The bum in the bowl of cold water thing soon put a stop to it!

6:25 pm

Are you getting any better, Babbler?

6:25 pm

qu 5/18 a line that you wait in

6:25 pm

hey Jac, I couldn't borrow that suit sometime, could I?? lol! *much cheerier now* : )

6:25 pm

brandyj... our brooms come with directions.

6:26 pm

BJ - yea, right! Try some sweeter grapes.x

6:26 pm

dunno artlady, I'm dosed up on Beechams (dunno what you call it over there, do you have Lemsip?). I hope so. Hurts to laugh though..... : )

There's a good girl Babs...we'll have you back to your old self soon enough!

6:26 pm

Yay! I found them all! :)

6:26 pm

alright lola!!!

6:26 pm

Thanks hurshy! This puzzle has so many wierd words, I'm missing the normal ones.

Congrats Lola!! : D

6:26 pm

bravo Lola !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

6:27 pm

Woot! Well done babe : ) The usual? ; )

6:27 pm

know what you mean, harp

6:27 pm

Bab, hurting to laugh is not good. Terrific, Lola!!!

6:27 pm

oh let me! champers, lola?

6:27 pm

just typed anytea into the word box- think my subconscious is trying to tell me something?

6:27 pm

whoa, didn't expect it to take that word!

6:28 pm

WELL DONE LOLA!x Babbler - borrow the suit? Of course you can. It'll be size 8 for both of us, I know.

6:28 pm

not anytea, but a crass word

6:28 pm

congrats Lola!!!!!!!

6:28 pm

*lola takes glass of champers from hurshy and allows Anj to gently slow dance her around the room*

6:28 pm

evan - would that be the tw/4 word????? : )

6:28 pm

Evanout's just found the tw4/8 word.

6:28 pm

...surprise??

6:29 pm

*snorts* it deffo will be for me, Jac !!! LOL!! : )

6:29 pm

right on jacula, ya know, i didn't think that was a real word.

6:30 pm

Anj - You haven't got time to stand around being surprised, you're supposed to be dancing with Lola. *Gives Anj a shove onto the dancefloor.*

6:30 pm

Size 8?? Come on, there would be more meat on a butcher's biro : /

6:31 pm

ok, tanny over......... :' ) the Q words I'm missing: the first two on the list, the qu5 directly below the q9, and the very last qu5, at the bottom of the list. : D *big beaming smile*

6:31 pm

hmmm...i'm not ashamed of my size 12, matter of fact, i look goofy otherwise.

6:31 pm

Anj - I was kidding about the size 8.

6:32 pm

qu4 - almost like bridge over the river ____

6:32 pm

yeah Anj............ actually, me too.......... ; )

6:32 pm

qu 5 below qu9 chop first letter off eq6

6:33 pm

last qu5 homonym of a group that sings in church

6:33 pm

first qu6, after the first 3 letters, add poetic word for before

6:34 pm

lol : )

6:34 pm

see, babs, everything will be ok. :) *pats babs on back*

6:34 pm

On a serious note, it was seeing Miyavi say she'd had a class about slimming illnesses rather than the sex ed class (teacher wimped out, I guess?). So, is her school trying to show her that bulimia, anorexia etc., in all their forms, plus overeating illnesses, are NOT the way to go? If so, are they making sure that they don't talk about 'good' and 'bad' foods in their so-called 'nutrition' lessons? I ask this, as some of you may know, because schools got it VERY wrong 8-10 years' ago and it resulted in my own daughter becoming anorectic.

6:35 pm

*cough cough*....... thanks hurshy :' )

6:35 pm

jacula, as a bit of a cynic, i don't think the schools will ever get it right.

6:36 pm

evanout - I think you are right.

6:36 pm

ok, i would just like to know why a person would tell a person to meet them at 7, but then sign out of their AIM account at 6:52 and not come back, and not even leave a person any message explaining why.

6:36 pm

...pack lunches all round then.. : )

Jacula - lets hope they do...too many young girls going that route...whatever happened to "Reubenesque?"

6:36 pm

Jacula Sadly since schools do not pay for trained health teachers the students will not get the right info...

6:37 pm

clue for the ne6 please

6:37 pm

Hurshy - give that person a chance first - maybe they just got cut off 'tinternet'?

6:38 pm

part of the problem is that such subjects are not one size fits all.

6:38 pm

Easter, it got bad PR. Nowadays, if you're not a racing snake, no-one wants to know. Now me, I like dangerous curves and i'm never going to change : D

Hi Peri!

6:38 pm

clue for the ne6 please

6:38 pm

peri - bball player

6:38 pm

Peri, someone catching fish?

6:39 pm

ne6 - in tennis, if a ball doesn't go over you might call it a ne6

Anj - luckily my husband is the same way! : D

6:39 pm

lol, i love how we all have different thoughts about these words

6:39 pm

NE 6 ADD TWO LETTERS TO NE 44

6:40 pm

Hi Easternblue, Hi everyone.

6:40 pm

hi. been off in my own little world. te6/24 please.

Hi joelgee

6:41 pm

Hi peri

6:41 pm

don't got it

6:41 pm

nice to know men like you exist, Anj!! : ) *no longer guilty for having two fondant custard slices today*

6:41 pm

hey, eb. how you doing?

6:42 pm

Message to those who've answered mine about schools meddling in so-called health care. If the teachers don't have the right knowledge they should NOT attempt to teach the subject. Yes, I know, I know! I have many friends who teach, who have been bullied into teaching subject in order to keep their jobs. That should be stopped! Sorry, but I feel very strongly about this. BTW, for anyone who wants to know, today is 23rd November, 2 years to the day since my Dad died in a nursing home, choked to death by nurses who didn't have enough training to know that in the latter stages of Alzheimer's Disease the swallow reflex goes and so any fluid administered by mouth goes straight to the lungs. SORRY!

6:42 pm

hurshy, I didn't get your clue for the last qu5, the homonym for singers........ :/

6:42 pm

don't you hate when you have been staring at this thing for an hour and suddenly a super obvious word jumps out, does a little jig and laughs at you?

6:43 pm

Anj - re being a bloke who likes dangerous curves - you're in the majority there, as far as I can tell, and THANK GOD for that! Most men are more sensible than most so-called 'medics'.

6:43 pm

Jacula.... that is very sad. I am so sorry for you.

6:43 pm

sorry for your loss, jacula. Sorry for the ignorance that caused it.

6:43 pm

Yep, evan...pass the fish, puhleeeeze

joelgee - i'd be better w/o all the ttttttts & eeeees : D

6:44 pm

jacula, that is a crime, i worked in the kitchen in assisted living and knew that.

6:44 pm

I'm so sorry to hear that, Jacula.

6:44 pm

te6/24?

6:45 pm

joel, te6 means uncontrolled muscle contractions, lockjaw.

Jac - so sorry about your father...it's hard on anniversary days like that... : (

6:45 pm

* tosses fish in arc over mama and lands it with a splat in art lady's lap *

6:46 pm

Right fellow babblers, I must get some shut-eye. Good night, see you all tomorrow :) babs, thanks for the mail, will write tomorrow when I am more awake. xx Anj, 'nite babe, see you tomorrow (((xxx))) :)

6:46 pm

Hi there, artlady

6:46 pm

I don't like this grid one io 4/4

6:46 pm

Jacula: So sorry for your loss in such a sad way..you are right though p.e. teachers are being forced to teach health classes with no background--It isn't right!!

6:46 pm

Jac, sorry to hear that : ( Unfortunately, it's an all-too-common malaise in all business nowadays. Why employ a specialist for something that might not happen? It's all about the figs at the bottom of the balance sheet and it sucks. There's no human factor any more. OK, soapbox away.

6:46 pm

sweet dreams Lola !! : ) xxx see you tomorrow

'nitey nite lola dahling! Sweet dreams...

6:47 pm

later, lola.

6:47 pm

it even makes me ir 5/10!!!

6:47 pm

Lola, sweet dreams babe : ) (((xx))) Catch to tomorrow ; )

6:47 pm

g'nite Lola!!!!

6:47 pm

Thanks folks, re my Dad. Maybe the staff did know and thought they were doing us a favour? They sure seemed very casual when they said he'd died of 'pneumonia related to fluid in the lungs'. I got there just after he died, I could see he had choked to death. Anyway, no need for me to say all that on here. It's a sad time for me and maybe I shouldn't be commenting.

6:48 pm

I can certainly sympathize with anniversaries -- lost my mother some 30 years ago this month, as well as grandmother (about three weeks after mother). I was 18, can't believe it's been that long. Sorry Jacs for your loss, so sad.

6:48 pm

just tuned in... did anyone else catch that na/5 mistake?

Jacula - *HUG*

6:49 pm

Re the te meaning muscle spasms. The only word I know has seven letters. Is it an alternate spelling?

6:49 pm

no need to be sorry, Jac!!! That's what friends are for! For what it's worth, today would have been my Dad's birthday if he were still alive....

6:49 pm

Don't apologize for sharing, Jac. It's a tough day for you and this is a very supportive group.

6:49 pm

<<<<<< hugs for Jacula and Mab >>>>>>>>>

6:49 pm

Still! missing second QU5, and last QU6. Help?

6:50 pm

Jacula: Big Hug (((XXX))) we are here to feel your pain with you and help ease it in any way we can by listening and being there for you when you need us..that is what our group is and has been all about. Every day is hard but an anniversary is one of the hardest days to get through..

*HUGS* to all who need or want 'em!

6:50 pm

anyone have the an 4/4 that would be # 4 on the list? between the 5 and the 8?

6:50 pm

Thanks for all the hugs folks, and nite to Lola.

6:50 pm

Hey Everybody. How is everyone doing tonight?

6:50 pm

harking back to 7th grade... coed sex ed - late 80's, teacher wasnt really allowed to state her own morals/ethics/viewpoints i guess, so we mostly watched movies, discussed in groups and our teacher seemed was just there to make sure we used the 'correct terms'. i was fortunate to have parents who were open bout such subjects, and i was fairly comfortable talking within my groups... so the teacher would put me in front of the class and ask all sorts of things, because she couldnt say much herself (she admitted it when i confronted her) teachers have a very tough job...

6:50 pm

goodnight Lola - sweet dreams. Jacula - annniversaries are hard to bear - tomorrow is my grandmothers, the use of untrained staff to do anything is wrong and it happens more and more in this country. My dughter does supply teaching and is losing work because schools are using classroom assistants to cover absent teachers. She says ' Well why did I spend 3 years getting a degree and a year doing a PGSE? I may as well have got no qualifications and I'd at least have some work@

ohro - Tttt's & eeee's Nuff said!

6:51 pm

2nd qu 5: liquid measure last qu6: french four

6:51 pm

tbug - i failed sex ed and health, did most of my learning on the internet :-)

6:51 pm

Hi ohro!!!! This puzzle is nasty.... have fun!

6:52 pm

the te6 has to be some kind of weird variant. Help.

6:52 pm

the first en 5/10 and the last en 5/14... can anyone throw me a bone?

6:53 pm

joel, think of the te4/4

6:53 pm

4th an (an 4/4): put your money in the poker game

6:53 pm

2nd that is

6:53 pm

joelgee: An abnormal condition characterized by periodic painful muscular spasms and tremors, caused by faulty calcium metabolism and associated with diminished function of the parathyroid glands.

6:53 pm

Hey EB, Mamma. I see what you mean. I just got back from babbler's anon. Between the e's, the t's, and the qu's, I can tell that I am doomed to go to bed with 70% of the puzzle unfinished. oh well.....

6:53 pm

SnowyOwl - I know what you are saying (and not saying) re all that. Exactly! My son's at Uni right now, final year (or maybe another to go if he decides to extend his degree) and daughter is in art college, catching up 'A' level wise after her illness, and hopes to to to Uni next year.

6:53 pm

the internet can be very enlightening evanout!

6:54 pm

BTW: I changed my icon since I saw that everyone showed up in banannas. What is with the trend?

6:54 pm

indeed, but it is done enlightening me for the day. time to snuggle up with the bed bugs.

ohro - we'll help w/ clues as much as possible - I still have about 40 to go...

6:54 pm

at 6/30 or et 6/18, please?

6:55 pm

goodnight evanonut - sweet reams

6:55 pm

Thanks EB. : )

6:55 pm

aknitter an 4/4 before in time or position

Night evanout... I was going to say "don't let the bed bugs bite"...but if you're willing to snuggle w/ 'em!

6:56 pm

Sweet Reams????? Meant Dreams of course - why would anyone want paper measurements!!!!!!

6:57 pm

te 6/24: te + what you get if you go out in the sun in the summer + high point consonant

6:57 pm

that's between the sheets eastern.

6:57 pm

thanks scatty

6:58 pm

ohro: click on babbler's bio and it will explain bananas and tomorrows theme

6:59 pm

oops i meant snowy

6:59 pm

There are too many t'S!! My mother came down for Thanksgiving and here I sit trying to finish this puzzle...It's ok, tho, she's reading the Harry Potter book!

6:59 pm

Lol, Snowy! OHRO (Juicy person) - The banana theme was for our 13-year-old friend Miyavi_Fan who was due to have her first sex-ed lesson today (in UK). However, when she came home from school, it turned out the teacher had wimped out and turned it into a 'slmming illnesses - Bulimia' lesson instead. She'll get the lesson on the various forms of latex and how to apply them, using bananas etc., in January now, it seems.

6:59 pm

cyber-- thanks. that did it.

7:00 pm

May I have a clue for the na5 please, have all the other n words

7:00 pm

periwinkle na --- a spiffy dresser

7:01 pm

Pleeeeeeeease... at 6/30? et 6/18?

7:02 pm

Artlady - is your mother reading the laytest Harry Potter book? Went to see the latest film last Sat night. V/ darl and v./ funny. Did you see the modern version of Shakespeare's 'The Taming of The Shrew' Monday night on TV? The 'shrew' in that is 'Moaning Myrtle' in the Harry Potter films. Well, you knew that, didn't you? No one could mistake THAT voice.

7:02 pm

Gotta run!!!! Have a good nite y'all if I don't make it back...... *bear hugs to all* feel better, Babbler!!!!!! do what bears do... have some honey!!!

7:02 pm

thanks aknitter, found it

7:02 pm

at 6/18 something you wear

Night Mama....see you 'later'... : D

7:02 pm

Speed and Jac: that is funny. Poor miavi. That would be very anti-climactic (pardon the pun) to get all excited for a sex ed lecture and then learn about bulemia. Anyway, thanks for the info. -Ohro

7:03 pm

Goodnight, mama. See you tomorrow. -Ohrom

7:03 pm

cybernan, there is a at 6/30???? huh???

7:03 pm

nix that cyber... misread et for at... dont have the et

Ohro...there were all kinds of 'comments' earlier... It's been a day with the bananas!

7:04 pm

at6/30 - to be kind of in the middle of things.

7:04 pm

Mamabear?? you leaving? *stifles a sob, waves sad bye bye*

7:05 pm

Bye, mama!

7:05 pm

and Im done........ (sigh). <collapses back into chair and lights cigarette> Oh, Ive finished the puzzle too. ;)

Babs - think happy thoughts!

7:06 pm

Blimey! What is it about Mammabear that makes you all want to cuddle her? (No offence meant, Mamabear.) Here's me, a Venusian Earth Mother, cooking till all hour for you lot... but no cuddles. ROFLOL.

7:06 pm

bravo Dachef !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! (ok EB !) : D

Congrats Dachef *sigh* still pluggin' away over here....

7:06 pm

<<<<<<<<<<< Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig cuddles for Jac >>>>>>>>>> : D

7:06 pm

Congrats on finishing the grid, Dachef.

7:07 pm

aknitter -- check out brandyjack's list!

7:07 pm

Thank you, Babs.:-)

7:08 pm

Congrats, Dachef..... could I have clues for at 6/30 or et 6/18, please?

7:08 pm

i try not to checl out the list until i absolutely can't hold off any longer, not there yet but very close

7:08 pm

y/w, Jac. And I shall endeavour not to neglect you from now on ; )

7:08 pm

Well folks as much as it grieves me I have to leave this grid with 47 words still hiding! Man coming to fix the washing machine tomorrow early am,( I hope, as we are disappearing under laundry here) so will have to sleep now. Goodnight - Happy babbling and good luck to you all. xx

7:09 pm

cybernan-- at 6/30 in the middle et 6/18 for ever

7:09 pm

see you, snowy.

7:09 pm

i have the at 6/18 that means to be mindful, doesw that help?

7:09 pm

see you tomorrow, Snowy! Good luck with the washing machine : )

7:09 pm

Congrats Dachef!!!!!!!

7:09 pm

I have the ya6 that means to chatter, may I have a clue for the other ya6 please

7:09 pm

Goodnight, Snowy and good luck with your washing machine. way to go, Dachef!

Night Snowy... May your pillow (of clothes) lull you into sweet dreams!

7:10 pm

cybernan - at6/30 add on your we4/8 et6 - think of the Bangles song "Et***** Flame", and lose the last two letters and replace with another vowel. Nite Snowy!

7:11 pm

periwinkle the ohter ya is a jewish gossipy lady (i think)

7:11 pm

Easternblue: where are you located in New York state?

Ohro - Rochester....

Ohro - Rochester...not too close to the city...

7:12 pm

SNowy, good night!

7:12 pm

Don't think so aknitter. I have two ye5 that mean Jewish gossipy women.

7:13 pm

Woot! to all finishers 'bye to all leavers Hi! to all joiners Damn! to all torpedos

7:13 pm

Oh, OK. Just curious. Are you guys burried in snow yet? I heard that some of upstate got a couple feet of snow.

7:13 pm

periwinkle, a phrase or saying that you adhere to is called a m*****. replace the m with a y.

7:13 pm

oops sorry periwinkle, guess i should put on my glasses, thought you wrote ye!!! haven't found the ya's yet

Ohro - thank goodness it was BUFFALO and not us! We're supposed to get some starting Turkey night...

7:14 pm

et5/18 pls, anybody? ty : )

7:14 pm

Great clues, Dachef -- thank you. I must say though that the compilers of whatever dictionary this game uses were really stretching it when it comes to the at word!

7:14 pm

Dachef, thanks never heard of that Y word.

7:15 pm

Snowy's gone now, I know, whilst I was off sorting out laundry from the working washing machine (but not spinning properly 'cos the clothes are too wet at the end. Despite all guidance from the book, the filter cannot be found!:-() Also been retrieving clothes from the newly mended tumble dryer. The heating element had gone kaput. Got a new one yesterday for £50. It's working. Praise the Lord!

7:15 pm

found the ya, change the first letter of your na 6/18

7:15 pm

et 5/18 -- another one that really stretches it, Babbler: french and + scots tiny

7:16 pm

gottit straight off, cybernan! thx : )

7:16 pm

That's good, EB. I am glad that you guys were miraculously spared from the white stuff. Hopefully it will pass you by on TG too.

7:16 pm

Oh, and praise Paul also - he was the one who dragged it out, diagnosed problemm, left me numbers to ring and then collected and fitted part after I did so. Love you, Paul.xxxxxxxx

7:16 pm

ur6/21 please.

7:16 pm

newbie here - litle lost on the et6/18 - what does that mean???

7:16 pm

The last re 5/18, please?

7:17 pm

gotta go soon guys - anyone need a clue afore I sleep until my name turns into Rip Van Chef?

7:17 pm

glendan 1st two letters + number of letters/points for word

7:17 pm

ur 6/21 connects the kidney to the bladder, a most useful tube

7:17 pm

cybernan, do you have the re that means to moisten again

7:17 pm

ur6/21?

7:18 pm

ur6/21 = a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the bladder

7:18 pm

ur 6/21 connects the kidney to the bladder, a most useful tube

7:18 pm

cybernan - if you were splashed with water, you would be ***. Then if you were splashed again, you would be re***!

Night Dachef!

7:19 pm

Peri & DAchef -- TY.

Ohro - lets hope...we're supposed to drive to Syracuse (about an hour + away)...otherwise no Turkey for me on Turkey day : (

7:20 pm

cybernan what babies do when thet haven't got a nappy on put. re infront of it

7:20 pm

dachef, if you wouldn't mind putting me out of my misery : the er4/4 (I feel so stupid!!) : )

7:20 pm

YVW, cybernan, glad to help when I can.

7:20 pm

ur 6/21, please -- the definition isn't helping!

7:20 pm

et6/18 means it begins 'et' has 6 letters and is worth 18 points. 6-letter words are worth 3-times the original point value. But back to the word - you may get an 'eter****' ring when you have your first baby or before a guy feels he really wants to get engaged to you. The word you seek is something to do with that 'never dying' thing.

7:21 pm

Babbler, seagull

7:21 pm

time to go - am knackered! See you all tomorrow! I have not been able to play for ages until today, but tomorrow I have the full day off. Heres hoping its a real monster grid!!!!

7:21 pm

Babbler - sea eagle.

7:22 pm

babbler sea eagle

7:22 pm

babbler - think of the song "Er***, he drove the fastest milkcart in the west", then lose the i.

7:22 pm

cybernan, if you go to a restaurant to dine your an eater ur 6/21

7:22 pm

Good luck, EB. I hope that everything works out the way that you want it to. I am going to have a genuine NYC thanksgiving. I am going to watch the parade from my friend's apartment and then we are going out for chinese food. lol It isn't exactly a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. : )

7:23 pm

MWAH dachef !!!!!!!!!! sweet dreams, mate : D

Ohro - but fun nonetheless...I love the city during the holiday season - the windows at Macys...the Rockettes...I such a mush!

7:23 pm

hey babbler er 4/4 bert and er** from sesame street

7:24 pm

Cybernan - 'u' + your 3rd re4/4 + 'r'.

7:24 pm

'night, Dachef. Ok, got 'em all...now to type. After my experience last night I'm back to struggling out of sight...then appearing with a "ta-da!"

7:25 pm

ok, now I'm stuck on the two en6/18. I say stuck, I'm just mega-tired now and can't see anymore........ any help pls? ty : )

7:25 pm

jacula-- thanks. That nailed it. At this time, simple good.

7:26 pm

ooh, just found one! just need the one at the bottom of the list now....... : )

7:26 pm

what is in an orchard put en infront of it

7:26 pm

babbler, en6 think dinner en****, main course

7:26 pm

en6/18-- a main course at a restaurant

7:26 pm

gottit! thx, doxy : )

7:26 pm

en6/18 - 2nd one - French word for restaurant starters. 1st one - en + earth with an 'r' missing.

7:26 pm

Yeah, EB. THe city is beautiful at this time of year. I try to avoid tourist traps but I have always had the urge to go ice skating at rockafeller center. I think this year is the year! (not that I know how to ice skate or anything.....) : )

7:26 pm

your welcome, don't have the other one yet

7:27 pm

That did it, Jacula -- thx!

7:27 pm

en6/18-- stick a vowel on the end of the en5 right above it.

7:27 pm

stick a vowel on the end of the word just above it....

Ohro - it's a great way to try & bump into some cute guy! : )

7:28 pm

'Juicy' - no idea why I see your 'nick' as that! I have a friend in NY called Roni. She lives on Madison Ave. I'd love to get you two together.

7:31 pm

EB: literally. : ) I don't imagine that my putting on a pair of ice skates will end well. Knowing how klutzy I am, I will probably cut the cute guy's leg with the skate or knock his teeth out as he tubles to the ground. If you are watching the news this weekend and you hear the news guys say "a fun family night out ends tragically as a woman knocks down 15 other skaters", that is probably me. lol

7:31 pm

any clues for both ar7's?

7:31 pm

ta 6/18 (first ta word)?

Ohro...ROFLOL!! : D

7:33 pm

similar to a 2 yr old ta****, leave off m and change last letter to first vowel

7:33 pm

Both ar7's atre operatically inclined. If you've ever read Mary Norton's book, 'The Borrowers' or even watched the films made of that, me telling you to think of Pod's daughter's name, might help.

7:33 pm

That's it. Finally wrestled this SOB down. woopie.

7:33 pm

cybernan ar a short aria second one change last letter

7:33 pm

bravo joelgee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

7:34 pm

Good job, joelgee!

7:34 pm

babbler-- thanks. how you doing?

7:34 pm

Well done, JoelGee!

7:34 pm

thank you jacula and scatty

7:34 pm

jacula-- thanks.

ooo - Congrats joelgee... *sigh* still not finished...(maybe if I chatted less & searched more, but I say, what would be the fun in that!)

7:35 pm

Cut pussy cat you've got there, JG.

7:35 pm

good job joel

7:35 pm

Lol. Meant *cute.

7:35 pm

artlady-- appreciate it. tired. hungry. hate the holiday season. holiday cheer, my a**e!

7:36 pm

EB - no fun at all.

7:36 pm

thanks. it's a chartreux. Don't ask. I'll start crying again. How's that for honesty.

7:36 pm

joelgee - I've got 6 words left to find........... the As.....

7:36 pm

With you Joel on all counts. Esp. holidays.

7:36 pm

Done, done. Whew!

7:37 pm

That's okay, jacula. I saw "cute."

7:37 pm

how many words in total?

7:37 pm

*Puts dish of fresh fish down for JoelGee's avatar. Her own 2 cats wer jumping about like hell when she was filletting Rainbow trout earlier.

7:37 pm

5 ............

7:37 pm

Thank you doxyflower -- that finished it for me! Maybe I'll get my sewing done tonight after all! Anyone need anything before I go and start supper?

7:37 pm

Go, babbler, go...

7:37 pm

Do you have MY word??

7:38 pm

4 ..............

7:38 pm

mab-- amen. babbler-- anything ?

7:38 pm

Aww, Joel. I am sorry. Clearly was heartbreaking on several levels. Kitty is indeed beautiful.

7:38 pm

What's for supper, Cybernan?

7:38 pm

3 ..................

Artlady & Cyber - congrats!! Artlady - I thought of you instantly when I found it : D

7:38 pm

cyber-- good for you.

7:39 pm

babsmgl: look at the friends list on the right of this page -- click on babblers anon. -- click on general -- click on stats and voila! -- a complete word list!

7:39 pm

help with en7 and en8. Have en7 meaning engage

7:39 pm

yes pls (defeated !!! ) the ae5 and the an5/10s.......... both of them ....... ty !! : )

7:39 pm

is it me or were yesterday's and today's grids especially challenging?

7:39 pm

how many words in total are there?

7:39 pm

Thanks, EB! Congrats, cybernan! I have some lovely left over chicken stir fried with walnuts and green peppers, if you want some!

7:39 pm

I agree, both especially challenging ............ : /

7:40 pm

i think it's harder than usual, too

joelgee - both sons of a guns IMHO

7:40 pm

The babbler, fae***kae? lose the kae and the f

7:40 pm

Oh,what a relief. I thought my brain was just rotting...they were both a struggle!

7:41 pm

Yesterday many non-sensible words. Today not so much, but I feel non-sensible.

7:41 pm

goooooooooood clue, joelgee : ) the an5/10s are both together, bottom of the list...... : )

7:41 pm

add a vowel to the end of the a4 above it for the first an5

7:41 pm

Good night, all. I have to go from being fruity to being feline....ta..

7:42 pm

?? they're both below the an8 ??

7:42 pm

ae 5 (ready for this?) -- eagle's nest an 5/10: an + scots 'to' an 5/10: industrious little bug + egyptian god an 5/10: change the last vowel of the previous one

7:42 pm

Havent been keeping up with his and byes, but bye artlady.

7:42 pm

tiny insect + egyptian sun god change last vowel for 2nd one

7:43 pm

babbler-- yes!!

7:43 pm

See you all later. I have to go work out.

7:43 pm

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! finishe d!! *big sigh * : D

Night Artlady!

7:44 pm

yay, babbler. I'm beat. I could really use that jacuzzi. Really.

7:44 pm

have 5 left

Bye Ohro...happy Thanksgiving! Congrats Babs!!!! *envious glance* still working...

7:44 pm

Champers sweetie dahling?? *Anj pops cork and pours*

7:44 pm

nite-- artlady.

7:44 pm

only took about 5 hours............. : /

7:45 pm

ANJ !!!!!!!!! thought you'd gone!!!!! *gratefully accepts champers......... takes sip.......* aaaaaaaahh : D

7:45 pm

Sounds great art lady -- maybe I'll have me some! Have you tried coating chicken breasts with seasoned, ground pistachio nuts, brown in a pan, then bake them on a rack at 350F for 20 minutes? -- add some lemon zest in with the nuts for extra zip.

7:45 pm

nytol.

7:46 pm

can anyone help with qu 9 ?

7:46 pm

qu9 is four people singing

7:46 pm

add a te to the qu above it

7:47 pm

isn't that qu 7/40 just before it?

Night joelgee...

7:47 pm

got it

7:47 pm

Babs, just doing an e mail so i'm sort of lurking... : )

7:48 pm

I'm spaced now............... just looking at cute cats on google for tomorrow......... : )

7:48 pm

7:48 pm

Off to set fire to the steak -- see you at post time.

7:49 pm

Is tomorrow cat day?

7:49 pm

yes cyber, Jera's little girl humbly requested it. : )

7:50 pm

help with first en7, ra7

7:50 pm

Have no idea how I ended up ith a blank message there. Told a long tale about how our dog still comes back even after 7 years or so. He returned 2 nights ago. Oh well, never mind!

7:50 pm

below the qu 9, I am missing 4 qu's! qu 6/27 qu 5/18 qu 6/30 qu 7/40

7:50 pm

Will have to post a photo of my beloved Charlie who we lost just over a year ago.

7:50 pm

qu6/27 is the French word for "four"

7:52 pm

*refresh* aaaaawwwwwwww !! :D

7:52 pm

qu 5/18 - a line up qu 6/30 - one who stands in the line

7:52 pm

Doxylover - en/28 - someone who goes in.

7:52 pm

qu 7/40 - more silent

7:52 pm

just hit me over the head with the fish. Thanks

7:53 pm

where did you find your icon, Jac ?

7:53 pm

got them all! thanks!

7:53 pm

!st ra7 - sounds like a rodent who is between 12 and 20 years' of age.

e's & a's left...woo hoo!

7:53 pm

bravo kaka !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

7:54 pm

thank you babbler. Sending homemade chicken soup your way.

7:55 pm

Babbler - re the icon. Dunno. Had that one for some years. Sorry! I'm sure it's findable, though. Is there such a word as 'findable'? Well, you know what I mean.

7:55 pm

sorry, thank you jacula. My mistake

7:55 pm

we knew what you meant, doxy ! :) thanks for the chicken soup..... yummy : )

7:56 pm

hope that helps you feel better.

7:56 pm

aaaaawww, I should have looked at these cute pics when I was having my tantrum!! Many apologies for that, by the way. And thanks so much for cheering me up. : )

7:56 pm

*wonders if we are starting kitty day early??*

Jera - I'm sticking w/ the 'nana's until I at least finish the grid : ) stoopid e's....

7:57 pm

Jera, I'm just setting up before I turn in the for the night. (2am in the UK). I think lots of other people who have finished have done the same. : ) Hope your little girl likes them!! How old is she?

7:58 pm

Jera - Here in UK (where Miyavi is also) it's now 23rd November. 1.57am to be precise.

7:58 pm

i jumped the gun . . . was banana-weary :-)

7:58 pm

have 1 left. re7

7:59 pm

doxy - to run away from

7:59 pm

nevermind, got it. Thank you all for the clues.

8:00 pm

re7 - you might beat a hasty re***** if you don't get this clue real soon! LOL.

8:00 pm

you finished? bravo doxy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

8:00 pm

yes, thank you babbler

8:00 pm

jacula, I agree with leaving this one behind

8:01 pm

Night, night, Doxy. Sleep well.

Congrats & goodnight doxy...

8:02 pm

only 7 pm here. I think I'll probably surf awhile.

8:02 pm

Forgive me, Jacula, I was being ethnocentric... I try not to be!

8:03 pm

It's a tidge after 9 here... time to either get serious ofr give up on finishing this puzzle... busy day for me today!

8:03 pm

it is a bit confusing, cos it's still 22 Nov at the top of the grid..... in the UK, the game starts at 6.00am.

8:04 pm

that's ok, I'm used to being confused

8:04 pm

I won't be on til late tomorrow. Have to work next 2 days.

8:05 pm

How many qu7/40's are there supposed to be??

8:05 pm

i'm done! Nite all--back in a few hours for catapalooza!

8:06 pm

nite Une !! : )

8:06 pm

jera there are 2

night une...

8:06 pm

nite une

8:07 pm

Whew... no wonder I can't find the third one!

8:07 pm

well, nite all. Hope to see you tomorrow.

8:07 pm

Jera, mtnjock posted this earlier: an 8 40 - animal, long nose ar 7 28 - small aria (french diminutive ending) ar 7 28 - small aria (french diminutive ending) at 7 28 - to lose by attrition en 7 28 - one who comes in en 7 28 - to emplore (en + tr5) en 8 50 - to emplore (en + tr6) it 7 28 - to list (let me re+it7 these points) na 7 28 - the most neatest trimmest person qu 7 40 - qu5 + sunbathing ending qu 7 40 - 25 cents or 1/4 qu 7 40 - musical 4 some qu 9 72 - musical 4 some + french diminutive ending qu 7 40 - to make even less noise ra 7 28 - rodent + high school aged person ra 8 40 - one who works with a type of wicker re 7 28 - re + tr5 (to fall back) te 7 28 - rhymes turn, add past tense of to eat tr 7 28 - on halloween these trick or tr7's come to your door wa 7 44 - one who pours wa5

8:08 pm

hope to see you tomorrow, doxy. : ( hope the grids are more friendly so you get to finish them as well as work. : )

8:09 pm

Jera - is that 9am or 9pm? Also, forgive my ignorance, is it 22nd or 23rd November for you?

8:10 pm

need help with et 6/18...

jacula - 9 pm...we're 5 hours behind Britain...(i think!)

8:11 pm

never mind

8:14 pm

Kelstar - it sounds like forever, that et6/18.

8:14 pm

Sorry, I was called away... it's Tuesday pm still here... Virginia, USA

8:14 pm

Oooooh, thanks Babbler... me loves long lists of clues!!

8:15 pm

Tuesday there, Wednesday here - weird world!

So jacula...what happens for me tomorrow : D

8:17 pm

Well, I had a great day... Gwyd's first day of preschool & I got to see the new Harry Potter movie all by myself (new definition of heaven, btw)!

*happy dance* You have 0word(s) left to find *happy dance*

8:19 pm

EB, if I knew the winning Lottery numbers, I'd tell you! I'm off to see the delicious Mr. Depp in 'The Libertine' on Friday night. Me and my daughter are going, since neither of our men seem to want to get up close and personal with him. LOL.

8:20 pm

Well done, EB! Another grid bites the dust.

8:21 pm

bravo EB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

8:22 pm

Hello again Babbler. What's your icon? Looks like a fight between 2 lots of red meat from where I'm looking.

8:22 pm

any help with the two ae words? this grid is really hard!

8:23 pm

Evening, all!

8:23 pm

Well it is 9:23 pm on Nov 22 here and I finished this puzze...now to hunt a new icon for tomorrow cat day...

8:24 pm

awww, it's two little kitty cats having a little kiss.... : ( does it not make sense? I'll find another........ hi Charm : )

thanks all...the Johnny Depp movies sounds divine... I'm looking forward to the "Rent" movie... Taye Diggs is a handsome man!

8:24 pm

ae6 - to put air into. ae5 - a nest on a high cliff.

8:24 pm

ae6/18 - to introduce air/oxygen - you do it to your lawn to promote root growth. ae5/10 - an eagle's nest, high up.

8:24 pm

Hi... where do they post the special icon days?

hi Charm

8:25 pm

Good evening, babbler!

8:25 pm

Hi, EB - congrats on finishing!

garden girl...Babbler is our "social director"...they're in her "bio"

8:25 pm

gardengirl Read Babbler bio she is the queen of icons..

8:25 pm

I see Charm's been working away on her lawn with a tine rake, like I have. LOL.

8:26 pm

Woot! EB : ) Just running a kitty check for tomorrow : D

8:26 pm

Jacula! I don't think so - getting my fingers in dirt and vying with earthworms for nutrients is SO not my thing - my husband would laugh to hear you! I have a very nice gentleman with lots of power equipment who has all the fun in my name....

8:27 pm

Hi Anj. What are you doing still up?

8:28 pm

Charm - is the gentleman worth viewing through your windows as you go about your day?

8:28 pm

at 6/18, anyone?

8:29 pm

Jacula - let me put it this way - he is no Johnny Depp (or Jeremy Irons or Fabio or ....)

8:29 pm

kelstar ... what you wear

8:29 pm

at6/18 - clothing.

8:30 pm

at6/18 - at + what you camp in (a t/4 today)

8:30 pm

e-mails Jac...if I don't nail them on a daily basis I soon end up with 3 fig download queues with only a minute amount of spam : /

8:30 pm

thank you, thank you very much, charm.

8:31 pm

guidance please on the other UR6 please? I have U pluse ra4.

8:32 pm

UR5, I meant. sorry

8:32 pm

...and on that note, have a nice evening folks - see you in the Babbleverse tomorrow for another battle with the naughty words : D 'Nite all - take care : )

8:32 pm

ur6/21 - "long, narrow duct that conveys ur*** from the kidney to the bladder."

8:33 pm

'night Anj. See you in kittymania.

Night Anj - hope your dreams are purrfectly wonderful! : D

8:36 pm

ur5 - ur + 3 vowels.

8:36 pm

nite Anj!!!!!!!! I'm signing off too in a sec...... have you changed? let me refresh...

well folks - about to grab a late snack (didn't have dinner earlier)...so I may not be on again until tomorrow...I have many pies to make for the holiday here in the states! Good night one & all - thanks for the clues!

8:37 pm

ur5 - u + I r*** this game a 100 out of 100.

8:38 pm

Good night EB, will be anticipating your artistry for tomorrow.

8:38 pm

awww, Anj, very cute !!!! I might have to change mine, seeing as it doesn't make sense..... : )

mab...I will be ready! night!

8:39 pm

Oh dear, Charm! Does he perhaps have nice eyes then, or a sexy bum, or a winning smile or SOMETHING??? LOL.

8:39 pm

2.40am....... I'm turning in. : ) goodnight all! see you tomorrow : D

8:40 pm

Nite Anj etc.

night to you too Babs...

8:40 pm

Jacula - I think you are more disappointed than I am at the lack of appeal of my gardener. And my pool guy is no prizewinner, either. Talk about no luck....

8:41 pm

I'm sorry, Charm, it's the other UR5 I'm missing.

8:42 pm

mab - there are only 2 ur5's. are you missing another?

8:44 pm

Yes, I have U plus ra, as in judge, but need the other.

8:46 pm

mab - the other ur5 has no def - ur + 3 vowels.

8:46 pm

Sorry again Charm, I didn't see you three vowels clue. Will be ok now. Thanks and sorry for being so confused and confusing.

8:47 pm

mab-it's the fumes from that thawing turkey....

8:47 pm

Aargh! I just checked fridge for last remaining pieces of Kentucky chicken in there. Threre should have been 3, There were none! GRRRRR! Am now having to eat a sandwich of so-called wafer thin beef! Not like off any joint of beef I have ever cooked! GRRR again.

8:48 pm

....and so her poor dog had none....

8:48 pm

Fumes of thawing turkey? Oh yea, it's Thanksgiving over there on 24th Nov., is it not?

8:49 pm

turkey-dressing-cranberries-pi e. the hubby likes none of it, so we're having lamb curry. sigh

8:50 pm

Can I get help with the last qu6? I've got: one who stands in line qu__ of milk +e and french for 4

8:52 pm

qu6/27 - a latin imperative. "Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation."

8:53 pm

Wooh that's a weird one. Thanks, Charm!

8:55 pm

y/w - those weird ones are the ones you'll remember....

8:58 pm

Charm - what does hubby think of Christmas?

8:58 pm

ya 6/24 (not the one that ryhmes with radio ch*****)

8:59 pm

oh, he loves *that* of course. He and the 3yo are competing to see who gets more toys!

9:00 pm

ya6 - ohhhhhmmmm - I will not overindulge in turkey. I will not overindulge in turkey. I will not overindulge in turkey. That will be my ma6 (rhymes w/ ya6) for the next few days.

9:01 pm

ha! got it.

9:04 pm

my last name is in this grid! the last ty... :)

9:04 pm

hmm. okay.

9:08 pm

i thought your last name was molaka :)

9:09 pm

lol! need more help! ra 7.28 ra 5.18

9:10 pm

ra7/28 - "a thick, twilled woolen cloth." rodent + someone 13-19 years old.

9:11 pm

ra5/18 - medium steak is ra5/18 than well done. rare beef is ra5/18 than med. and steak tartar is ra5/18 than rare.

9:13 pm

nice! got it.

9:18 pm

RE6 pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

9:18 pm

so quiet today. so goodnight, folks. Off to read bad vampire fiction (is that an oxymoron - is there *good* vampire fiction? Is there vampire NON-fiction - good or bad?) Obviously, I have too much time on my hands.

9:19 pm

re 6 = add a consonant to the re 5 before it

9:19 pm

re6 - one who leases property from another.

9:19 pm

who can help with both ar 7 words?

9:20 pm

Nowt wrong with vampire fiction. It's erotic. LOL.

9:20 pm

Oh lord, I'm really losing it tonight. Thank you Charm.

9:20 pm

think like a song an opera singer performs, only smaller

9:21 pm

The ar7 words refer to short operatic things.

9:22 pm

got em!

9:22 pm

Need help w/last 2 at. 7/28 & 6/30. Started this late and brain is tired.............

9:22 pm

Not, I hasten to add, that I would WANT any person on thing to drink blood from my neck or any other part of me!

9:23 pm

at6/30 - quaint way of saying 'in the middle of'.

9:25 pm

at7 - to lose by attrition.

9:25 pm

Thanx Jacula. Any hints on the other one?

9:26 pm

Or the state of being at tr5/10.

9:27 pm

oh thanks, jacula, now i got my last tr :)

9:28 pm

hate when you miss the little word in the big word

9:28 pm

LOl. ANy more for any more afore I take my leave?

9:31 pm

Jacula, forever in your debt for the other oa5 that doesn't mean an old western?

9:34 pm

Oh, finally got it!

9:34 pm

mab, change the last letter

9:36 pm

oa meaning and old Western? I'm stumped. LOL.

9:37 pm

jac- it's slang for the type of opera the western might be.

9:37 pm

oa5's in today's grid - a couple of porridge related ones, an a freshwater mammal one, name of Tarka.

9:38 pm

Mind you, there are seawater versions of that mammal.

9:39 pm

Probably an americanism, Jac, it's a common crossword word.

9:42 pm

Would that be the en croute word, or the er, not quite decied word?

Down to my last three. Any clues for: te 7/28 te 6/24 and last te 5/10

9:44 pm

s for the mammal, that's an ot word, I've been away seing to laundry and typing up recipes, and drinking white wine. It is late, I am tired, and a little pissed. Time I went. Not time I stay here to give clues.xxx

9:44 pm

how many words?

9:45 pm

165 words, Hilary.

9:45 pm

I haven't been paying attention to the log; I have the word I was looking for. Thank you.

9:46 pm

TTFN all.xx

9:52 pm

te 7/28 think to fire and take out the mi in the middle

LeslieAnn - great clue. Got it. Now just need the te 5/10 just below that and above the lock jaw sounding one.

9:56 pm

take your 4/4 that's above the 7/28 and add an "e" to the end

9:56 pm

i don't have the lock jaw one but the te 5 sounds like that nintendo game where you have to fit all the puzzle pieces together (with a different ending)

9:56 pm

*hovering*

oooops... wrong 5/10. got the one you suggested. need the one above the te** bird and below the camping house.

10:00 pm

For the lockjaw word, just take off the 'us' and add 'y.'

10:00 pm

well, that would be the one i'm missing as well :)

10:00 pm

Smeltzdog - only females hover over public loos. Read my joke in babanon. If not, then you must be a UFO. And I'm going now...

10:03 pm

X - not convinced this is a word, but its your camping house made into an adjective

10:03 pm

te7/28 - seabird + 'devoured'.

10:05 pm

can i get the ne 5/14?

10:06 pm

As for the 3rd, I

10:07 pm

As for the third, I think, te5 - if you kept fish in tank, you would at least recognisew that name for 'a group of four' from a brand name.

I've got the te 5/14 adjective of the camp house. Need the te 5/10 just below it.

10:10 pm

ne5/14 - a lace'like network, Failing that, if you know the Geordie word for outside toilet, you may welll get the clue...lyrics...'Geordie's lost his liggy, Geordie's lost his liggy (Marble), he's lost it doon the ne***, along the Scotswood Road.@

10:11 pm

thanks, jac- i really should have gotten that one, shouldn't i?

hi everybody!

10:14 pm

te5/10 - French word for 'Tea' + Sun King + personal pronoun (singular).

10:14 pm

Hi Temple Owl! And a good evening to everyone else!

10:15 pm

Hi Temple toowittoowhooer and Wolfie. Jac's still wondering why Grigs should have got her Geordie clue.

10:17 pm

Hello! Could someone give me a hint for the last re 5/18 please?

10:18 pm

Paperdoll - re5/18 - to moisten once again.

10:18 pm

D'oh! Thanks Jac!

10:19 pm

So is everyone tonight?

10:19 pm

huzzah! i am done. any clues before i leave?

10:19 pm

OOPS! HOW is everyone tonight? :)

10:21 pm

Paperdoll - you need a cat icon nowm not a banana one, Our 13-yr-old is asleep and our much younger person who's requested a cat icon day may be up sooner than any pf us think, including Jera. LOL.

10:22 pm

I can't keep up with the icons!!! off to google cats... :)

10:22 pm

Excuse typing errors - am tired and a bit pissed.

10:22 pm

Wouldn't you describe the skin of one who has warts as 'wartty'?

10:23 pm

typos forgiven, Jac -- anything worth talking about?

10:23 pm

any help withthe 9 letter word?

10:23 pm

No, SashaJo, I'd tale a 't' out.

10:23 pm

think about respelling that, sasha

10:24 pm

the 9 letter word is the 7 letter above it, but with girls....

10:24 pm

joy, start with a musical foursome + consonant + vowel

10:25 pm

The 9-letter word. Add the French word for 'tea' to a group of 4. It's a 'qu' word.

jacs: can you plese explain what "geordie" is? : )

10:27 pm

Wolfie - any gossip worth giving on here - well read back. LOL. You may have to imagine icons in place at the time, since we kept changing them.

10:28 pm

A Geordie is someone from Newcastle Upon Tyne in North of UK.

10:28 pm

thanks leslie ann

10:28 pm

I'll do that, Jac :) hints for the ar7's?

10:29 pm

If you need to find what I was talking about re Geordie and his liggie (or liggy) then Google Lindisfarne 'Fog On The Tyne' lyrics.

ty jacs...ever since i heard it in "sailing to america" by mark knoeffler i've wondered...gee this game is soooooooo educational : )

jacs - what's got your ire up?

10:32 pm

The ar 7's, are, as I've said before, really easy for opera buffs. Failing that, if you've ever read Mary Norton's books (The Borrowers) or seen the films of them, then me telling 'Pod's daughter's name, sort of' may help.

10:34 pm

jac, have i mentioned lately that you give great clues... except i never get it from the "easy" ones at the start :/

10:34 pm

Temple Owl - I don't know what you meant really. Read back on the log for what anniversary it is for me maybe? Didn't think it was showing now though. Just giving clues for Lindisfarne lyrics as far as I'm aware.

10:34 pm

72to, i think jac means the OTHER "pissed"

10:37 pm

Morning all. Just got up. Spare 20 minites before starting work. 43 still to go. Eyes down for a full house (some chance!!).

well i will say good (morning) (afternoon) evening to all...jacula my home browser cannot keep up since MSN "fixed" it all words show twice - i have 330 and have spent an hour counting and recounting but cannot find the errant word! uncle!

hi lshult...what time is it there?

10:43 pm

06:40

10:46 pm

missing 2x ur5/12

10:46 pm

All I can hear in my head right now is that Kylie song, 'Can't Get You Out of My Head'. Unfortunately, for me it hasme seeing something I don't wanna see, about 10 mins after it happened. Should you actually see someone dead, to 'believe' theyare gone? I'm wondering if you should. SORRY.

10:47 pm

found 1 1 to go

10:47 pm

could someone please help me with the tw 7?

10:48 pm

There is no tw7.

10:48 pm

oops I mean tw 5

10:49 pm

tw5- betwixed & be***** add const. for tw6

10:50 pm

thanks, will work on that

10:54 pm

any clues for the kid 8 -)

10:56 pm

Sorry- I got the betw*** one but still can't see the other how 'bout another clue for tw 5

10:57 pm

The other tw 5 is the sound a little bird makes.

10:57 pm

I got it but it was the 3rd mistake I've found in this game!

10:58 pm

I mean 2nd mistake

11:00 pm

please excuse me I guess there were no mistakes only mine

11:01 pm

I only have 451 points. I started a while ago, stopped, and then started again. Do you think that's good?

11:02 pm

and don't say yes cause i'm a kid :-(

11:02 pm

The key question, hilaryfan, is have you been havign fun while getting those points?

11:03 pm

Captain Smeltzdog is having fun!

11:03 pm

Hey Smeltz! How are you today?

11:04 pm

Yes, but I can't play till the end,cause I have school tomorrow,and the western area (were I live,when it is 9:30 I have zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. :(

11:05 pm

Things are going well I think...I have less than 30 to go but it's been a slow and steady pace. GW - have you noticed that your pace has slowed the longer you have played and you are having more fun?

11:06 pm

Evening all, checking in to see what's up...

11:06 pm

hilaryfan -- that unfortunately is one of the prices of being young, but there is always another grid tomorrow :)

11:06 pm

any help on the ae's or the at6's?

11:06 pm

need na7?

11:07 pm

ish - na/7= better dressed

11:08 pm

Very true, Smeltz! The lack of pressure to finish is liberating, so that when you do finish it is a victory worth savoring! :)

11:08 pm

Hey Schroeder!

11:09 pm

Schroeder- I love you picture, I am just crazy about cats. I have one that is twenty pounds! She is really cute though,her name is Digida (hey, I named her when I was three.)

11:09 pm

ae5 - eagle's nest

11:09 pm

ae6 - something you do to soil

11:10 pm

*refresh* does this count as a cat icon?

11:10 pm

hilaryfan - my cat, Twitch, is currently in my lap trying to lie across my arms as I am typing :D She's about twenty pounds as well, so you can guess how tricky typing can be for me at the moment!

11:10 pm

I'm down to my final two words and struggling - can anyone help with the last qu 7/40?

11:11 pm

4 people singing

11:11 pm

Has anyone noticed the na**y word is not in the puzzle? How often do mistakes show up in the puzzles?

11:11 pm

Hi GW, I have no chance a finishing tonight, but tomorrow is another day Hillaryfan - 20lb cat, that is bigger than my dogs!

11:14 pm

I have a missing RE4 and RE5 --- this is what I have: 4's: lease, and anatomical network 5's: lease with extra e, and to dampen again What am I missing? Most grateful if you can tell me.

11:14 pm

SHE IS HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sometimes we'll talk to her,and she won't meow,and then we say "Digi,want a treat?" And she starts meowing away.

11:14 pm

clues for ra8 and the last tw6 please? Schroeder - I have 27 to go, but I don't think I'll make it either --- I do my best not to use a2z anymore ;)

11:14 pm

Jacula - I don't understand this clue: "The 9-letter word. Add the French word for 'tea' to a group of 4. It's a 'qu' word. I looked up the French word for tea, 'the', so that does not work, unless there is another French word for tea. Can you elaborate please?

11:14 pm

tl, double check your entry. my na**y went in ok

11:15 pm

yes mine went in but it's not listed in the puzzle is it?

11:15 pm

ae5 - anything other than eagles nest?

11:15 pm

ra8/40 rhymes with fattener

11:15 pm

how bout the at6's?

11:16 pm

hilaryfan - what are her colors? Twitch is a magpie, meaning she is black and white, but not in a tuxedo pattern

11:16 pm

re4- back end

11:16 pm

ur6/21 is haunting me... please... before the puzzle ends....

11:17 pm

dlfox - thx Smeltz - alt spelling for fairy minus the f

11:17 pm

ae5 rhymes with fairy

11:17 pm

she is white and has black patterns on her,one of them looks like a bone. She has one green and one blue eye.

11:18 pm

hilaryfan - she sounds lovely!

11:18 pm

AT6s: dress; 'formal at6 is requested' the other: pay at6 when you drive --- drop the ion.

11:18 pm

ur6/21 sounds like "your eater"

11:19 pm

ahhhh finally finish *phew*

11:19 pm

thanks GW

11:19 pm

ur6 - pee tube

11:19 pm

d'oh! got it.

11:19 pm

She is perfect,although sometimes she lives us presents,IN THE DINNING ROOM!

11:20 pm

Mica: what in the other RE5; I have lease with extra e, and to dampen again. Do you know the other? Please?

11:21 pm

Bless you Ishult -- apparently I'm going blind and/or stupid. Thank you very much.

11:21 pm

missing three at's have the 7 and the at + camping house

11:21 pm

TL - that na is there, just go a different way around

11:22 pm

hey hurshy!

11:22 pm

Good morning/evening :)

11:23 pm

Hi, lotti!

11:23 pm

any words containing oi in it?

11:23 pm

pretty sure there are only 2 re5's

11:25 pm

last at6/30?

11:25 pm

GW you want the scent of roses - at5 your clothing -- at6 and atwixt and at6

11:25 pm

anything starting with e

11:26 pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you, mab! Those were perfect clues!

11:26 pm

Smeltz: atwixt and atw6

11:27 pm

I have 3 re5 re5/18 - get something weg again re5/10 add an e to your monthly re** "re5/18 your drivers license"

11:27 pm

mab - I have no idea what that means but I got it.

11:28 pm

re6?

11:28 pm

An RE5 anyone? have lease with e, and redampen. Heeeeeeeeeeeeelp. Please? BJ's list says three re5's.

11:29 pm

how about the et5 and the last en6/18?

11:29 pm

mab see 11:27

11:30 pm

re6/18 is someone who pays re4/4 every month to live

11:30 pm

I saw the na**y word finally, it's amazing how some words are so hard to see!

11:30 pm

RE6: one who doesnt own but is a re6.

11:31 pm

re5 drivers license..more clues please

11:31 pm

et5: add word for tiny.

11:31 pm

I can't get the et's!

11:32 pm

en 6: your main course.

11:33 pm

Smeltz - et6 - think in terms of forever et4 - mountain name

11:33 pm

et4/4 "Mount et** - home of the gods"

11:34 pm

et6 forever et5 add word for tiny, itsy bitsy. et4 Mt. et4, a volcan and bunsen burner

11:34 pm

mab - you are my clue queen tonight! Just 15 t's to go -- I may finish tonight in spite of myself!

11:35 pm

go GW go *whips out the pompoms*

11:35 pm

only 17 to go...ty!

11:35 pm

na7? tw6 - the last one

11:35 pm

Thank you for my re5 dlfox and others too.

11:36 pm

night everyone

11:36 pm

Back again. Who needs what to finish?

11:36 pm

na7 most spiffy.

11:36 pm

G'nite hilaryfan! See you tomorrow :D

11:37 pm

gn hilary! any te's after the first 5/14?

11:37 pm

helenary - if you are going to get your drivers license AGAIN, you are going to re*** it. Hope that helps.

11:37 pm

tw 6 a number.

11:37 pm

I'll give you 5 tw6/36 (s) for a $100

11:37 pm

Last tw6 - What you need to be + 1 year to get 'they key of the door'. You 'come of age'.

11:38 pm

Sorry for any typing mistakes in my clues,

11:39 pm

TE7: a shore bird plus past tense of to consume.

11:39 pm

thanks dl

11:40 pm

Great clue Mab, Thanks :)

11:42 pm

I need one of the ya6's I have the one that rhymes with the last we

11:43 pm

ya6 rhymes with batter

11:44 pm

ya6 rhymes with mantra

11:44 pm

I need the other ya

11:45 pm

need 3 te's -- the 2nd te5/14, te6/24 and the last te5/10

11:45 pm

Stop whittering on! some people may thingm wheb folks keep yapping, What else might they say, in place of 'whittering' or 'yapping'?

11:46 pm

10 to go! the last 4 te's and the first te5/10

11:46 pm

I need the 2 ye`s please :)

11:46 pm

second te5/14 = what u go camping in and then + y

11:47 pm

You have clues for the 2 ya's YE5s: think Jewish - a gossipy, boorish woman. For other ye change vowel at end.

11:47 pm

I have 4 more to finish and I fear I don't have a lot of time to scroll back through for clues. So if anyone is feeling generous and wants to help someone who just got home, I'd love a little input on: ta 5/18 te 5/10 (1st one) te 6/24 ty 4/6 (I have the two that only vary in their third letter)

11:49 pm

te5/14 - 'Te***Y weeny polka dot bikini'. te5/14 - kinda like a canvas roof guys sleep under, man. I'm off to make a lentily casserole now.

11:49 pm

te6/24 = the first 3 letter of the last TE6/18 + "i'll give you *** thing for that clue" add the *** to the first 3 letters of the last TEs

11:49 pm

te5/10: te plus a beam of sunshine, but change y to i.

11:50 pm

Thanks mab!

11:51 pm

ta5/18: rhymes with hawer.

11:51 pm

Got ty 4/6 on my own

11:52 pm

8 to go !

11:52 pm

ty ( the one i think u dont have) = the last ty 4/6 (the wheel one), change the position of the last 2 letters

11:52 pm

ty4: one who twines something up; alt sp

11:53 pm

Hiya Lotti. I gave clues to both 'ye's' by accident earlier. Think of a Barbra Streisand film and add 2 diff vowels instead of the 'el'l to each. Vowel 1 and vowel 2.

11:53 pm

ta5/18 = to defrost (minus the H) + er

11:53 pm

first 3 ta6's and the ta5/14's

11:54 pm

ty 4/4 - a river in England, also the first name of an actree Ty** Daly. ty 4/4 - a British wheel on a car

11:54 pm

ta5/14 = ta6/18 - er, + y

11:55 pm

ty4/4 - river - think Geordieland.

11:55 pm

ta6/18: 1) rhymes with mantra 2) the pattern the scotts wear on their kilts 3) ta4/4 (the pastry) + er

11:56 pm

Thanks...your clues were all great! I have one to go: te 6/24. Anybody...anybody

11:56 pm

the middle ta6/18's

11:57 pm

the last te5's and the last te6

11:57 pm

ta5/14 + er

11:57 pm

Should read: ty 4/4 - a river in England, also the first name of an actress Ty** Daly. Best known for TV show, 'Cagney & Lacey'.

11:57 pm

3 to go!! tr4/6 tr4/5 tr5/12

11:58 pm

tr4/6 - the name of the southpark creator

11:58 pm

The 'Tre*** of Versailles'?

11:59 pm

1 min to go... who wants a word?

11:59 pm

Yes! got the te 6/24 and I'm done! WAHHOO! Did someone else need it?

11:59 pm

Mica - me posting a word at this late stage of the gam doesn't matter. Trey Parker is NOT in this clue!

11:59 pm

well..I was close, thanks for the help...it was fun!

11:59 pm

I need about 50

12:00 am

I've just barely gotten to 100 words. How the rest of you found the other 65, I'll never know :)

12:01 am

Thanks Jac but i`ve done every combo i can find!!! Still nothing :( Morning Babbler :)

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