RA OUTBOUND (but eschewing the cloverleaf, since we're talking of thoroughfares and intersections)
October 20, 2005, 11:00
arnie
RA OUTBOUND
It would probably be ROUNDABOUT
Probably not A TIN STREET
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.
October 20, 2005, 13:02
haberdasher
Yes, well, that one was rather aimed at you, Arnie!
A TIN STREET
Interstate
Looking elsewhere for inspiration...
The accountant wanted to know the mean of a stack of numbers, so he
AVERAGED IT
October 20, 2005, 19:24
KHC
AVERAGED IT
My monkey grass is variegated...
Bond, James Bond, is an example of
DE SPY CLICHE
October 21, 2005, 17:12
haberdasher
(duplicate post; deleted)
October 21, 2005, 17:14
haberdasher
DE SPY CLICHE
Psychedelic
I won the fight handily, therefore
I TROUNCE (It's also the abbreviated liqueur COINTREU)
October 22, 2005, 01:52
arnie
I TROUNCE
A neurotic might say he was
NAILING GERM
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.
October 22, 2005, 20:05
KHC
NAILING GERM
Nothing worse than malingering!
Have you seen the NRA reports of Boy Scouts and firearms?
CUB GUN MISC
October 23, 2005, 11:37
haberdasher
CUB GUN MISC
succumbing
HATPIN MURT is better
October 23, 2005, 20:20
KHC
HATPIN MURT
What is that? Death by hatpin from the haberdasher?
You will die TRIUMPHANT?
When you see the pearly gates, does your ENTIRE PAST flash before you?
October 25, 2005, 08:34
haberdasher
No answer yet, and lots of fun combinations to make of ENTIRE PAST, but it occurred to me that if you replaced one T with a D you would have PEDESTRIAN...
October 25, 2005, 10:36
arnie
ENTIRE PAST
Saint Peter, judging by the context.
Instead of washing out my mouth with soap and water, I EAT LYSOL
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.
October 25, 2005, 12:06
haberdasher
I EAT LYSOL
Take away one L, replace it with a P and an R, and make EPISTOLARY.
For what it's worth.
October 25, 2005, 19:38
KHC
I EAT LYSOL
loyalties...?
Sorry, I forgot to put 2 words on my Saint Peter jumble!
Let's go to the movie at the RIALTO, YES!
October 27, 2005, 08:49
haberdasher
RIALTO, YES
Isn't that ROYALTIES?
Try a little non-sugar sweetener in your tiny coffee
ASPARTIM
October 27, 2005, 19:57
KHC
ASPARTIM
I'll have a pastrami on rye, please.
The cook at the skate center is fired! CHEF RINK ICED... 2 words.
October 28, 2005, 17:22
haberdasher
CHEF RINK ICED = Fried Chicken (No ... wait ... you're KHC, not KFC)
MAUDING ZERO
October 28, 2005, 20:54
KHC
MAUDING ZERO
I have pigged out! gourmandize....
Music happens! PIANO OCCUR
October 29, 2005, 08:36
haberdasher
PIANO OCCUR
My cup runneth over - CORNUCOPIA
You know, of course, that the University of Havana has a CUBAN DEAN
October 29, 2005, 20:47
KHC
The Havana U. probably has an abundance of Cuban Deans!
Barbie's cutesy friend has a restaurant with a
KIP PIP MENU!
October 30, 2005, 01:48
arnie
KIP PIP MENU
pumpkin pie, but I reckon it's a load of CARKING TRITE ROT (three words, hyphenated).
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.
October 30, 2005, 13:02
haberdasher
Nice one, arnie - TRICK-OR-TREATING !
Have you heard the song about it by NAT "KRANJ" COLE ? (two words, one apostrophe)
October 30, 2005, 20:21
KHC
JACK O'LANTERN....
October 30, 2005, 20:27
KHC
The moon is full over the cows and their
LUNAR PASTURE!
October 31, 2005, 11:56
haberdasher
SUPERNATURAL
and don't forget
SEXY SENATOR R.
October 31, 2005, 20:05
KHC
SEXY SENATOR R.
extrasensory... perception!
Where is that annoying, mischievous brat? Why doesn't he contact us?
SLY BRAT CALL
November 01, 2005, 06:47
haberdasher
CRYSTAL BALL
(edited to correct misspellling)
Notwithstanding Senator R., don't ever call
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November 01, 2005, 11:04
arnie
BARBARA A CAD
abracadabra
In a similar vein: HI, BIG SERB!
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.
November 01, 2005, 17:42
haberdasher
HI, BIG SERB
gibberish
It's all a gas, especially if you invoke your NEON-NESS
November 01, 2005, 20:02
KHC
NEON-NESS
Nonsense!
Karen and Richard had an ARIA DUO JOB........... hogwash!
November 03, 2005, 09:14
haberdasher
two words - OUIJA BOARD !
Bring everyone else's crystal ball, but if you don't like him, FORGET HIS
November 03, 2005, 19:56
KHC
Forget his FORESIGHT! He's no mind reader!
My Uncle Eddie talked and talked about the past, as he
HID THINGS.
November 04, 2005, 03:47
haberdasher
HINDSIGHT
Cinderella, dismissing would-be suitor: NOT PRINCE? I GO! but she knew that already
(and Roger Rabbit with a lance would be a PIERCING TOON)
November 04, 2005, 19:54
KHC
She knew he was not a prince.. precognition
Sleeping Beauty was a SCREEN EPIC..for it's time.
November 05, 2005, 01:11
arnie
SCREEN EPIC
prescience
Do they shave their legs? GILLETTE FOR NUN
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.
November 05, 2005, 09:46
haberdasher
GILLETTE FOR NUN
Fortune-telling
CANARY C. OLIVE
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November 05, 2005, 21:57
KHC
CANARY C. OLIVE
was talented in clairvoyance.
I opened a hostile oyster... and found an
ARMED PEARL.... 2 guns and 2 words..
November 06, 2005, 17:35
haberdasher
ARMED PEARL
Palm reader
HEARTY OSSO
November 06, 2005, 20:40
KHC
HEARTY OSSO
soothsayer... saying it soothingly... you will die tomorrow!
I first learned to crochet with
EASY YARN... but it was difficult.
November 07, 2005, 07:20
haberdasher
(apologies for reusing SOOTHSAYER, especially 'cause it's only since August 17...but it did fit the context!)
EASY YARN Don't say it! NAY-SAYER
Where did the wood come from that was made into Pinocchio? GIPETTO'S ACORN
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November 08, 2005, 20:18
KHC
Finally! I think I have it... 2 days of pencil pushing and re-arranging!
PROGNOSTICATE... so easy, once it's solved.
The lost cow was happy... he was finally stabled AMONG HAY!
November 09, 2005, 13:55
haberdasher
AMONG HAY is "mahogany," he said woodenly.
Sorry for the repeat with PROGNOSTICATE (did you realize it was another repeat? PROGNOSTICATION has also been used before, again on August 17). What may have contributed to its degree-of-difficulty is the need to put aside the distracting possibilities of -tion and -ing.
Moving right along: I sense a strong attraction to UR-MAGNET
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November 10, 2005, 19:41
KHC
I did not realize repeats... UR MAGNET... took awhile. Don't know why!
ARGUMENT
My "seeing stone" is not working.. I have an INEPT AMULATE
November 11, 2005, 05:17
haberdasher
INEPT AMULATE
Take out an A [rearrange to INEPT AMULET] and get PENULTIMATE If I take out an E,T and MANIPULATE the letters enough...
I better keep on looking.
PS. But just in case I don't get it before the end of the day let me offer that the rill at the head of the Loire is ICI STREAM and arborists haul their logs away in TREE VANS.
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November 11, 2005, 19:42
KHC
Hab, you are correct, as always! I can't type.. it s/b INEPT AMULET.... penultimate. Working on yours!
November 11, 2005, 19:45
KHC
Ici stream..ARMISTICE Day Tree vans ..VETERANS Day and my birthday! Those were too easy.
November 11, 2005, 19:50
KHC
No more Social Security??
FICA CRIES
November 12, 2005, 01:21
arnie
FICA CRIES
sacrifice
TINIEST TOUR
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.