Okay, let's get things going again with a MOUSEPRINT.
August 25, 2013, 23:15
arnie
RESUMPTION is favourite, but it could be IMPORTUNES.
The result? IT'S TROUNCED.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
August 26, 2013, 19:05
haberdasher
If I had another C I could make all kinds of CONSTRUCTs, with DE-s and RE-s and -TIONs and COUNTERs and such, if I had another C...
Well, if I can't put things together the only thing to do is take them apart. DESTRUCTION ! With a TIN VOLLEY, no less.
August 26, 2013, 22:05
arnie
VIOLENTLY, even.
GIANT DEEDS are named.
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August 29, 2013, 09:36
haberdasher
GIANT DEEDS --> DESIGNATED.
The Information Technology group working on Leonard Bernstien's Broadway show, it has been pointed out, is "CANDIDE I.T."
August 29, 2013, 10:47
arnie
It's INDICATED, DAMNDEST ROT, even.
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August 31, 2013, 13:54
haberdasher
DEMONSTRATED. And just to stress the point, they serve no beverage on this SEAMSHIP.
August 31, 2013, 19:08
haberdasher
Oops. DEMONSTRATED has two Es; DAMNDEST ROT only one.
Back to the drawing board.
August 31, 2013, 22:44
arnie
Sorry, that was a typo. It should have been DAMNEDEST ROT, so DEMONSTRATED is right. To use EMPHASIS, it is correct.
It wasn't VICIOUS MESH, I promise.
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September 01, 2013, 18:17
haberdasher
MISCHIEVOUS
The aspiring fisherman studied for his HERRING B.A., he said it would be a sign that good things would happen.
September 02, 2013, 02:28
arnie
To understand the HARBINGER, that takes A GURU.
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September 02, 2013, 08:51
haberdasher
AUGUR. Didn't you think I know the drill? Not a bit! I GNU RAGE !
September 05, 2013, 01:18
arnie
All I can see is ARGUEING, but that can't be right. A hint maybe?
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September 05, 2013, 05:23
haberdasher
You'll have to drill deeper than that !
September 16, 2013, 18:36
bethree5
Perhaps it's a virtual snit?
E-arguing?
September 17, 2013, 01:21
arnie
It must be AUGERING. I hadn't thought there was such a word, but I found it eventually in one online dictionary.
Do they use TONG ARMS to measure it?
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September 18, 2013, 18:34
haberdasher
Believe it or not, the last time I saw ANGSTROM used was in a crossword puzzle...last Sunday.
Afterword: Augering is also in the unhappy vocabulary of fighter pilots, esp. of the propellor-powered era. When a plane is shot down all too often you can see watch it "augering in" as it spins wing over wing on its way down...
On another subject entirely - I saw a Bearded Lady at the circus, and almost had to KISS HER W...
September 19, 2013, 06:08
arnie
Good job it was just her WHISKERS ...
Did it ROT VIA ACIDITY or was it hot?
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September 19, 2013, 16:58
haberdasher
RADIOACTIVITY, but if it gets [u]too[/u] hot we'll have to send you up an ICE HYMN [Hey - what happened to the _underline_ function?]
September 20, 2013, 01:43
arnie
A CHIMNEY would be too narrow for me.
'Are you RILED, BUB?' 'No, quite happy.'
quote:
Hey - what happened to the _underline_ function?
Underlining denotes a link. For emphasis use italics or bold.
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September 20, 2013, 19:17
haberdasher
No, don't put a BLUEBIRD up a CHIMNEY, but somewhere over A BROWN I.
September 23, 2013, 02:48
arnie
Dorothy was taken over the RAINBOW by NOT a ROAD.
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September 24, 2013, 17:52
haberdasher
A TORNADO can sometimes unearth some strange critters, like SOCCER WAR, MANNIT, and LO! DAIRY CLOWN.
September 24, 2013, 17:54
haberdasher
Clarification: that's three strange critters.
September 25, 2013, 02:50
arnie
The first two are easy: SCARECROW and TIN MAN. Is the third COWARDLY LOIN? COWARDLY LINO? I'll take a wild guess and go for COWARDLY LION.
To go from over the rainbow to another world extreme is an ANTICAR ACT.
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September 29, 2013, 17:35
haberdasher
Some boredom may be unsuitable for children, especially in ANTARCTICA. Be sure to exercise discretion when dealing with PG ENNUI.
September 30, 2013, 02:51
arnie
Look out for the PENGUIN. Also, NOTE IPADS.
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October 01, 2013, 18:46
haberdasher
Starting with PENGUIN and going to the ANTIPODES you might SKI SOME.
October 02, 2013, 01:50
arnie
If you find ESKIMOS there one might be a BEERY ORPHAN.
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October 03, 2013, 18:17
haberdasher
...never knew HYPERBOREAN before but it makes sense, and Onelook.com says it exists:
noun: (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind
Since I found it by accident I'll have to acknowledge I USED ONE TRIP.
October 14, 2013, 17:21
haberdasher
(Oops, my bad: I left out an S. [red-in-the-face-E] Just one more instance of making an S of myself...)
That it was ever found was purely SERENDIPITOUS; no one offered condolences that I couldn't SPY MY HAT.
October 15, 2013, 01:44
arnie
You'll get no SYMPATHY here. I'm DREAD HEARTH!
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October 15, 2013, 18:20
haberdasher
HARD-HEARTED indeed, but then it's no more than I deserve.
"Basically I just can't decide the CHAIR TEMPO," he said acidly.
October 16, 2013, 02:56
arnie
Was that METAPHORIC?
I hope the crunch didn't leave you in TEDIOUS TINT.
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October 16, 2013, 04:26
haberdasher
DESTITUTION aside, yes, it was metaphoric, but the "answer that's in the right-hand drawer of my desk" has more to do with not being able to make up its mind whether it's acid or base. (It's both, actually, at one time or another.) And it isn't CAMPHORITE, either.
October 17, 2013, 01:56
arnie
If it's chemistry-related I've no idea. I failed that badly at school.
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