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 !

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.

CRAZED BUNN HAZE

Finally! nebuchadnezzar... a large (!) champagne glass

The third baseman misses the ball.. it's a triple w/an error..!

ERR TRIO

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.

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?

Hmm..

Not only a French word, but also one confined specifically to vineyards. TERROIR

Not a dangerous job: GNAT TAMER

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]

SLIMY ALAR

such a beautiful flower...amaryllis

I feel the need for Wrigley's or Dentyne:

CODE: GUM RUN

CODE GUM RUN

curmudgeon !

CLAIM; WISH - go right ahead; Santa's all ears

CLAIM WISH

whimsical

How 'bout that bottle of 50-year-old Bacardi in your cabinet?

IT RARE RUM!!

IT RARE RUM

terrarium

DIAL MOLAR for the finest in dental care

DIAL MOLAR

armadillo

Company's coming... time to

UN-CLUTTER

UN-CLUTTER

truculent

Snow, hail, sun, rain... Oh, mustn't OMIT SLEET

OMIT SLEET ?

Don't be silly ! Christmas is coming !
Mistletoe and all that!

May all enjoy the VAST LIFE.

VAST LIFE

I will enjoy the festival... thanks, Hab.

At the new Atlanta Aquarium, I saw a gigantic

TUNA.... SCARY!

TUNA SCARY

sanctuary

HEAR CLANG (sometimes capitalized)

...maybe a fanfare would be more appropriate

...or maybe something by Corelli? (that's supposed to be a hint)

HEAR CLANG

Archangels we have heard on high!

Miss Tinkerbell, 2005
TITULAR NYMPH

TITULAR NYMPH

triumphantly

SHH! LE "JOCULAR HULA!" -- two words
(see if you can Handel that one ! )

SHH LEJOCULAR HULA

Hallelujah Chorus... such a heart-warming composition!

Handel, talented though he was, would not know what to do with
MILITANT UNRESTS.

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

SUPERSONIC

The Little Drummer Boy - percussion

Enjoy the winter pansies. Count down until
THY MARCH LILY

THY MARCH LILY

Rhythmically

I B TOLERANCE

I B TOLERANCE

Celebration!

Be wary of
AN COTTON 13 (xiii)

That's INTOXICATION, by which I presume you mean that alcohol goes
i.e. INTO BRAIN ?

i.e. INTO BRAIN

inebriation!

Tell Rudolf to get off my computer! And put on some clothes..
Nothing worse than a
NUDE ELK HACK

One Stooge: NUDE ELK HACK

Knucklehead


Sheets like satin -
LINEN w/ GLEAM (hyphenated)

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...

SLAPSTICK

Do you suppose Poe ever caved in and exclaimed,
OO, DAMN IT ALL ! (capitalized)

[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!

REVERE, MON

Nevermore!

Hungry birds descended on the barn and bent all
OUR VANES

OUR VANES

The hungry birds were ravenous!

Has Aunt Sophia parted with the recipes for her Italian love feasts?
SOUPS AMORINI

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

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This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher, December 29, 2005 08:13

PAMINO, VISITOR

improvisation

I kept trying for VAPOR - something...

Have you heard the new music? Are you an
AMY BOLT FAN?

AMY BOLT FAN

flamboyant !!

BLEATING

BLEATING

Who has lots of tangible assets?

Not only is he crazy, he's simple!
PSYCHO CRETIN

PSYCHO CRETIN

pyrotechnics
(I kept trying to make it into something TERPSICHOrean but it just wouldn't fit)

TIMOR PUMP

TIMOR PUMP

impromptu...............

Been to Switzerland?
AH! LUCERNE

AH LUCERNE

Che? Unreal! ? U. Charlene ? relaunch E ?

HERCULEAN !
That wasn't easy!

HE RANQUIL

HE RANQUIL

harlequin

What??!!
ALAN! NO TOP?

NO-TOP ALAN

pantaloon

SURE SORT

SURE SHOT

Surely Arnie hasn't forgot his trousers?

Did you know that rooster has crazy relatives??
BERSERK COCK KIN

...as a former New Yorker I'm going to have to recuse myself from that one. You're on your own, folks!

BERSERK COCK KIN

knickerbockers

A poor attempt at infanticide? DISUNITE TOT

DISUNITE TOT

destitution

DISUNITE TT

DISUNITE TT

Ned felt comfortable at The Institute... he instituted well.

Someone's bored... Have
TED COUNT TIRES.

DIRECTIONS? TUT!

TROUNCED TITES

DC INTEREST? OUT!

CUTE? TRISTE? NOD!

and all kinds of inter- amd under- and -tions, but no epiphany so far...

Hab,
Add water to your solutions.

Ah, so. Thanks.

RECONSTITUTED.

In my maunderings I came up with an anagram of
REDUCTION.

REDUCTION

Let me introduce.... The Haberdasher!

Fluffy is getting away... hurry...
AH, GRAB KITTEN