Did you know it makes the pseudo-chemistry process called GLYCINE-ATION ? Add one amino acid and there you are!
Then I started playing with "congenital-" and it turned into CONGENIALITY.
...so we were sitting around having a cuppa, and all of a sudden the coffee-maker went haywire and started erupting, and we were surrounded by a CRAZED BUNN HAZE !
December 07, 2005, 13:57
haberdasher
What's in a name? Not always what you think.
quote:
Originally posted by haberdasher: JAB ROMEO
jeroboam
Did you know that all Jeroboams are apparently not at all the same? According to this site, a J. of champagne is 3 liters, but of Bordeaux it is 4.5 liters, and in California it takes 5 liters before they will call it a Jeroboam.
December 09, 2005, 21:26
KHC
CRAZED BUNN HAZE
Finally! nebuchadnezzar... a large (!) champagne glass
The third baseman misses the ball.. it's a triple w/an error..!
ERR TRIO
December 11, 2005, 17:56
haberdasher
ERR TRIO
I can only make words by changing a letter or two.
there's TERRIER if O-->E and SORRIER if R-->S and EXTERIOR if R-->X and you also add another E and even DETROIT if RR--->DT
but so far all I see when I look at my work is that IT ERROR.
December 11, 2005, 20:15
KHC
A ______is a group of vineyards (or even vines) from the same region, belonging to a specific appellation, and sharing the same type of soil, weather conditions, grapes and wine making savoir-faire, which contribute to give its specific personality to the wine.
Big Hint... does this help?
December 12, 2005, 03:42
arnie
Hmm..
Not only a French word, but also one confined specifically to vineyards. TERROIR
Not a dangerous job: GNAT TAMER
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.
December 12, 2005, 17:43
haberdasher
GNAT TAMER
...from a collection of wine words you go to TERMAGANT? Are you trying to tell us something ??
SLIMY ALAR, that oily insecticide ["insecticide" would have been a good word to scramble in its own right]
December 12, 2005, 20:36
KHC
SLIMY ALAR
such a beautiful flower...amaryllis
I feel the need for Wrigley's or Dentyne:
CODE: GUM RUN
December 13, 2005, 08:05
haberdasher
CODE GUM RUN
curmudgeon !
CLAIM; WISH - go right ahead; Santa's all ears
December 15, 2005, 20:49
KHC
CLAIM WISH
whimsical
How 'bout that bottle of 50-year-old Bacardi in your cabinet?
IT RARE RUM!!
December 16, 2005, 18:30
haberdasher
IT RARE RUM
terrarium
DIAL MOLAR for the finest in dental care
December 17, 2005, 20:36
KHC
DIAL MOLAR
armadillo
Company's coming... time to
UN-CLUTTER
December 18, 2005, 02:55
arnie
UN-CLUTTER
truculent
Snow, hail, sun, rain... Oh, mustn't OMIT SLEET
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.
December 18, 2005, 10:36
haberdasher
OMIT SLEET ?
Don't be silly ! Christmas is coming ! Mistletoe and all that!
May all enjoy the VAST LIFE.
December 18, 2005, 21:12
KHC
VAST LIFE
I will enjoy the festival... thanks, Hab.
At the new Atlanta Aquarium, I saw a gigantic
TUNA.... SCARY!
December 19, 2005, 09:27
haberdasher
TUNA SCARY
sanctuary
HEAR CLANG (sometimes capitalized)
...maybe a fanfare would be more appropriate
December 20, 2005, 12:53
haberdasher
...or maybe something by Corelli? (that's supposed to be a hint)
December 20, 2005, 21:02
KHC
HEAR CLANG
Archangels we have heard on high!
Miss Tinkerbell, 2005 TITULAR NYMPH
December 21, 2005, 08:04
haberdasher
TITULAR NYMPH
triumphantly
SHH! LE "JOCULAR HULA!" -- two words (see if you can Handel that one ! )
December 21, 2005, 20:53
KHC
SHH LEJOCULAR HULA
Hallelujah Chorus... such a heart-warming composition!
Handel, talented though he was, would not know what to do with MILITANT UNRESTS.
December 22, 2005, 07:08
haberdasher
MILITANT UNRESTS
the thought process went to TRANSILLUMINATES, which has all the right letters but in the wrong frequencies, to
INSTRUMENTALITIES, which ditto, to
INSTRUMENTALIST
Looky what I found! SUPERSONIC
December 22, 2005, 21:27
KHC
SUPERSONIC
The Little Drummer Boy - percussion
Enjoy the winter pansies. Count down until THY MARCH LILY
December 23, 2005, 05:01
haberdasher
THY MARCH LILY
Rhythmically
I B TOLERANCE
December 23, 2005, 21:17
KHC
I B TOLERANCE
Celebration!
Be wary of AN COTTON 13 (xiii)
December 24, 2005, 13:36
haberdasher
That's INTOXICATION, by which I presume you mean that alcohol goes i.e. INTO BRAIN ?
December 24, 2005, 20:06
KHC
i.e. INTO BRAIN
inebriation!
Tell Rudolf to get off my computer! And put on some clothes.. Nothing worse than a NUDE ELK HACK
December 25, 2005, 11:45
haberdasher
One Stooge: NUDE ELK HACK
Knucklehead
Sheets like satin - LINEN w/ GLEAM (hyphenated)
December 25, 2005, 21:25
KHC
LINEN w/GLEAM
Hab, aren't you too old to be thinking about satin sheets?
well-meaning
The Three Stooges are only liked by men... IMO... But, who's going to tell E A Poe that the: CASK SLIPT.. CASK SPLIT CASK SPILT...??
Oops, oops, oops...
December 26, 2005, 06:15
haberdasher
SLAPSTICK
Do you suppose Poe ever caved in and exclaimed, OO, DAMN IT ALL ! (capitalized)
December 26, 2005, 20:35
KHC
[OODAMNITALL
The Cask of Amontillado... clever! I was stumped for just a bit.
In Jamaica, the horseman goes flying by! Who was that? REVERE, MON!
December 27, 2005, 05:17
haberdasher
REVERE, MON
Nevermore!
Hungry birds descended on the barn and bent all OUR VANES
December 27, 2005, 19:35
KHC
OUR VANES
The hungry birds were ravenous!
Has Aunt Sophia parted with the recipes for her Italian love feasts? SOUPS AMORINI
December 28, 2005, 14:22
haberdasher
SOUPS AMORINI
PARSIMONIOUS use of letters, that.
Did you see that you could also make that into a smiling Magic Flute character, PAMINO SOURIS ?
And what about the time he stopped to see a friend? Then he was PAMINO, VISITOR
EditThis message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
December 29, 2005, 21:00
KHC
PAMINO, VISITOR
improvisation
I kept trying for VAPOR - something...
Have you heard the new music? Are you an AMY BOLT FAN?
December 30, 2005, 05:30
haberdasher
AMY BOLT FAN
flamboyant !!
BLEATING
December 30, 2005, 20:51
KHC
BLEATING
Who has lots of tangible assets?
Not only is he crazy, he's simple! PSYCHO CRETIN
January 01, 2006, 08:07
haberdasher
PSYCHO CRETIN
pyrotechnics (I kept trying to make it into something TERPSICHOrean but it just wouldn't fit)
TIMOR PUMP
January 01, 2006, 20:50
KHC
TIMOR PUMP
impromptu...............
Been to Switzerland? AH! LUCERNE
January 02, 2006, 08:37
haberdasher
AH LUCERNE
Che? Unreal! ? U. Charlene ? relaunch E ?
HERCULEAN ! That wasn't easy!
HE RANQUIL
January 02, 2006, 19:33
KHC
HE RANQUIL
harlequin
What??!! ALAN! NO TOP?
January 03, 2006, 06:08
haberdasher
NO-TOP ALAN
pantaloon
SURE SORT
January 03, 2006, 20:11
KHC
SURE SHOT
Surely Arnie hasn't forgot his trousers?
Did you know that rooster has crazy relatives?? BERSERK COCK KIN
January 04, 2006, 07:06
haberdasher
...as a former New Yorker I'm going to have to recuse myself from that one. You're on your own, folks!
January 04, 2006, 10:50
arnie
BERSERK COCK KIN
knickerbockers
A poor attempt at infanticide? DISUNITE TOT
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.
January 04, 2006, 12:24
haberdasher
DISUNITE TOT
destitution
DISUNITE TT
January 04, 2006, 20:35
KHC
DISUNITE TT
Ned felt comfortable at The Institute... he instituted well.
Someone's bored... Have TED COUNT TIRES.
January 07, 2006, 16:49
haberdasher
DIRECTIONS? TUT!
TROUNCED TITES
DC INTEREST? OUT!
CUTE? TRISTE? NOD!
and all kinds of inter- amd under- and -tions, but no epiphany so far...
January 07, 2006, 19:29
KHC
Hab, Add water to your solutions.
January 08, 2006, 05:38
haberdasher
Ah, so. Thanks.
RECONSTITUTED.
In my maunderings I came up with an anagram of REDUCTION.
January 08, 2006, 20:21
KHC
REDUCTION
Let me introduce.... The Haberdasher!
Fluffy is getting away... hurry... AH, GRAB KITTEN