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.
July 08, 2007, 07:15
haberdasher
AID ALLIGATOR
gladitorial
A STOIC ARCHER - two words
(interesting that CAESAR is in here too. Along with OSTRICH, but that's just a red herring)
Addendum: Sorry, that should have been "gladiatorial". My error.This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
July 10, 2007, 15:58
Myth Jellies
The "lub-dub" of blood through aortic arches sounds like a MUTANT OPERA.
Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp
July 10, 2007, 17:33
haberdasher
Nice, but...I'm going to invoke the doctrine of "the right answer is what's written on the paper in my upper-right-hand desk drawer" and ask you to put MUTANT OPERA on hold for the moment while you look for the (other) right answer.
(Besides, there's nothing about gladiatorial or Caesar or archers in the aortic arch!)
July 10, 2007, 21:10
KHC
A STOIC ARCHER
Ben Hur?? chariot races
July 11, 2007, 09:04
haberdasher
Bingo...
July 11, 2007, 20:49
KHC
Dick Francis taught me all I needed to know about the
CHEESE PLATES
July 12, 2007, 03:42
arnie
CHEESE PLATES
steeplechase
A Martian, a Venusian, and a Plutonian went into a bar ... ALIEN PUNS
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.
July 12, 2007, 05:38
haberdasher
That's PENINSULA. Nice word!
Now let's get back to MJ's MUTANT OPERA.
July 13, 2007, 03:16
arnie
MUTANT OPERA
portmanteau
Put on weight: GAIN BULK
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.
July 13, 2007, 10:33
Myth Jellies
Is it baulking? (I had to look it up to find out that it is a word.)
Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp
July 13, 2007, 13:05
arnie
Yes, indeed. It hadn't struck me that you would spell it differently.
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.
July 13, 2007, 14:19
Myth Jellies
When eating out, beware of the SUSHI STEM
(Beware of the emu's er...leavings as well.)
Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp
July 14, 2007, 15:03
haberdasher
Speaking of emu's...leavings, if you'll allow German I can construct "SCHEISSMUT," a person with very little valor or courage...
or if you maybe misread an H as an N we could have MUSTINESS...
or if you venture into non-adult vocabulary I give you a way of judging how pliable your mud or clay or Play-Doh is, and then you can say which is SMUSHIEST...
What's that you say? That's not what you had in mind? Why am I not surprised?
Surely you don't mean Panama or the middle section of the thyroid gland and such like - ISTHMUSES? Is that a real plural?
edit: According to Onelook.com it is. Oh well. I like SHEISSMUT better as the answer, only I don't think I have the nerve to say so...This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
July 16, 2007, 11:11
Myth Jellies
ISTHMUSES it is (a continuation of the peninsula theme). Sorry I was so late to reply--your go Hab.
Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp
July 16, 2007, 17:57
haberdasher
Because "isthmuses" reminds me of platypus, another word ending in -us with an English plural, not a Latin one:
ALARMIPUS -- a platypus who has been trained to wake you up in the morning
July 17, 2007, 12:06
arnie
ALARMIPUS
marsupial - nice one, hab!
Keeping an Australian CHAINED?
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.
July 17, 2007, 14:42
haberdasher
CHAINED
I know ECHIDNA - is that too technical?
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No, looking at the definition, that's got to be what you want.
Too much Morse Coding - I've developed FIST RASH!
July 17, 2007, 17:29
Myth Jellies
A starfish? What kinda critter is that? I put it on the wall and I 'AMMER IT.
Myth Jellies Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp
July 18, 2007, 05:01
haberdasher
I 'AMMER IT
maritime
The starfich if a member of the phylum Echinoderms, having as it does a "spiny skin."
DON BROOK -- Capo of the clothing store family?
July 18, 2007, 20:48
KHC
DON BROOK
doorknob
There were fisticuffs...
DORK ON BONY drunkards...
July 19, 2007, 06:45
arnie
DORK ON BONY
donnybrook
A golfer seeking a comeback will ROTATE IRONS
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.
July 19, 2007, 16:52
haberdasher
ROTATE IRONS
...and when you complete the RESTORATION of your painting, don't be surprised to find MIST APPLES hidden underneath!
July 20, 2007, 21:08
KHC
MIST APPLES
palimpsest
A NURSE MAY give ANY SERUM to this patient.
July 23, 2007, 06:37
arnie
NURSE MAY ANY SERUM
aneurysm aneurysm
WINED GOLFER and seduced her
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.
July 23, 2007, 15:01
haberdasher
WINED GOLFER
deflowering
...especially with your TIRING IVY
July 23, 2007, 20:36
KHC
TIRING IVY
virginity
In your virgin forests, have you seen
DEER, WOLF?
July 24, 2007, 04:06
arnie
DEER, WOLF deflower flowered reflowed
He was exuberant, so HID ENNUI BIT
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.
July 24, 2007, 06:20
haberdasher
HID ENNUI BIT
uninhibited
NAFTAMBOLY - just goes to show ya!
July 25, 2007, 06:12
arnie
NAFTAMBOLY
flamboyant
Gear meant FLIER FAINTED
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.
July 27, 2007, 13:18
haberdasher
Close But No Cigar Department:
-- If one of the Fs was meant to be another T instead, we would have INFILTRATED.
But we don't.
July 27, 2007, 13:27
haberdasher
Instead we have DIFFERENTIAL.
And if an underage mechanic tries to fix her car she will find that the project STAINS MINORS.
July 27, 2007, 18:50
bethree5
Transmission!
Surrounded by grease monkeys, she might declare that...
MEN ACT INANE
July 28, 2007, 03:21
arnie
MEN ACT INANE
maintenance
I LOAN MY cash
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.
