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1DeltaQueen50
Well past time for a new thread.
Everyone welcome.
Rules:
Go to page 22, 44 or 66 of the book you are currently reading.
Pick a random word and offer one word clues for others to try to guess the word you have picked.
The game continues until the passwork is correctly guessed or until 5 new clues have been given. If no one guesses the word, you pass your turn onto the last person who guessed at the clue. You must reveal your password when you pass.
Everyone welcome.
Rules:
Go to page 22, 44 or 66 of the book you are currently reading.
Pick a random word and offer one word clues for others to try to guess the word you have picked.
The game continues until the passwork is correctly guessed or until 5 new clues have been given. If no one guesses the word, you pass your turn onto the last person who guessed at the clue. You must reveal your password when you pass.
3WholeHouseLibrary
assay
4DirtPriest
test?
5DeltaQueen50
Clue nbr. 2: experiment
6DirtPriest
theorize?
7DeltaQueen50
sorry DirtPriest
8DeltaQueen50
It's been more than 24 hours since my last clue, time for
Clue Nbr. 3: Groundwork
Clue Nbr. 3: Groundwork
9ThrillerFan
Research?
10DeltaQueen50
Hi ThrillerFan - you are right. It's your turn.
11ThrillerFan
Clue 1: Agency
12DeltaQueen50
Department ?
13WholeHouseLibrary
Bureau?
14ThrillerFan
Dit bericht is door zijn auteur gewist.
15ThrillerFan
Dit bericht is door zijn auteur gewist.
16ThrillerFan
Dit bericht is door zijn auteur gewist.
17ThrillerFan
Hmmm...I didn't expect one to get it on the first clue. Clues were going to be 1: Agency, 2: Board, 3: Commission, 4: Commode, 5: Dresser.
The answer is Bureau.
Page 44 of Every Move You Make by M. William Phelps
WholeHouseLibrary, you're up next.
The answer is Bureau.
Page 44 of Every Move You Make by M. William Phelps
WholeHouseLibrary, you're up next.
18WholeHouseLibrary
OOPS! This thread went off the first Talk page, so I didn't think to look for it until just now. My bad...
Okay, still from The Middle Way, page 154...
Clue #1: Comparative
Okay, still from The Middle Way, page 154...
Clue #1: Comparative
19DirtPriest
similarly?
20ThrillerFan
Associate?
21WholeHouseLibrary
No, and no.
22WholeHouseLibrary
Clue #2: ratio (in the adjective sense of the word...)
23ThrillerFan
proportion
24WholeHouseLibrary
Close enough! Proportional.
Your turn, TF
Your turn, TF
25ThrillerFan
WHL, if you guess this one right in one clue, I'm going to consider you psychic.
CLUE 1: Pink
CLUE 1: Pink
26WholeHouseLibrary
medium-rare?
So, like, what book is it from?
So, like, what book is it from?
27KarenElissa
rose?
28ThrillerFan
No and No
WholeHouseLibrary, in case you haven't noticed, I give out the book when it's solved or after clue 5. The books I read all have free looks into them from Amazon...given the rules, all you have to do is browse pages 22, 44, and 66 (not that you specifically would do that, but doesn't mean nobody would).
Clue 2: Football
WholeHouseLibrary, in case you haven't noticed, I give out the book when it's solved or after clue 5. The books I read all have free looks into them from Amazon...given the rules, all you have to do is browse pages 22, 44, and 66 (not that you specifically would do that, but doesn't mean nobody would).
Clue 2: Football
29KarenElissa
pigskin?
30WholeHouseLibrary
Pigskin would be my guess, too.
I would have never thought to do the Amazon thing! What would be the point?
Alternative guess (and is probably 2 words anyway...): Porkbellies?
I would have never thought to do the Amazon thing! What would be the point?
Alternative guess (and is probably 2 words anyway...): Porkbellies?
31ThrillerFan
No and No
Clue 3: Columbus
Clue 3: Columbus
32DirtPriest
buckeye?
33ThrillerFan
No
(Though a pink buckeye would be amusing!)
Clue 4: Ten
(Though a pink buckeye would be amusing!)
Clue 4: Ten
34DirtPriest
maybe the buckeyes are pink before they are roasted-I wouldn't know since there are no buckeyes in Michigan
I am currently and officially stumped...
I am currently and officially stumped...
35ThrillerFan
You want the 5th and "giveaway" clue?
36DirtPriest
let the others ponder a while with me
37ThrillerFan
Ok, since I may not be logging on this weekend...Giveaway clue coming at 3:30pm EDT.
Clues so far are:
Pink
Football
Columbus
Ten
Clues so far are:
Pink
Football
Columbus
Ten
38ThrillerFan
Ok, 5th, final, and "dead giveway" clue:
Clue 5: Month
Page 66 of Every Move You Make by M. William Phelps
Clue 5: Month
Page 66 of Every Move You Make by M. William Phelps
39DeltaQueen50
I for one haven't got a clue. Perhaps someone else can put these clues together.
40ThrillerFan
DeltaQueen
I thought the last was a dead giveaway.
Pink used for Breast Cancer Awareness (during which month?)
Football occurs then.
Columbus Day
In date format...it's represented by the 4th clue
5th clue directly describes what it is, which leaves only 12 possible answers.
I thought the last was a dead giveaway.
Pink used for Breast Cancer Awareness (during which month?)
Football occurs then.
Columbus Day
In date format...it's represented by the 4th clue
5th clue directly describes what it is, which leaves only 12 possible answers.
41KarenElissa
October!
42ThrillerFan
KarenElissa got it and is up next!
44WholeHouseLibrary
innocent?
45DirtPriest
nubile?
46DeltaQueen50
juvenile ?
#40 Thrillerfan - now my face is pink! I should have been able to put it together...
#40 Thrillerfan - now my face is pink! I should have been able to put it together...
47KarenElissa
not yet, but juvenile was going to be my next clue, so...
clue #2 juvenile
clue #2 juvenile
48DirtPriest
child?
#40 on the last game I thought about the fall months and checked the birthstones - none are pink so that ended my chances.
#40 on the last game I thought about the fall months and checked the birthstones - none are pink so that ended my chances.
49DeltaQueen50
immature ?
50WholeHouseLibrary
Youth?
51ThrillerFan
baptism?
#46 - Trust me, I have my own share of instances where I want to slap myself upside my own head!
#48 - I see you were on the right track with the fall months. I take it you don't watch pro football, as a number of players wear pink wrist banks or other parts of their uniform throughout October. It looks extremely weird, even weirder than the pink bats that MLB players use on Mother's Day.
#46 - Trust me, I have my own share of instances where I want to slap myself upside my own head!
#48 - I see you were on the right track with the fall months. I take it you don't watch pro football, as a number of players wear pink wrist banks or other parts of their uniform throughout October. It looks extremely weird, even weirder than the pink bats that MLB players use on Mother's Day.
52WholeHouseLibrary
baby?
53DirtPriest
I definitely noticed the pink football players. Ben Roethlisberger looks like even more of a priss with pink shoes. Also the amount of pink drastically reduced as the month went on. I didn't see pink shoes after the first week and only a few of those ridiculous pink brimmed hats.
54KarenElissa
You got it DeltaQueen, your turn!
55ThrillerFan
#53
Ah, it's nice to be able to make fun of Ben Roethlisberger without getting popped for doing it! I thought the same thing myself. However, any time I make fun of anyone on the Steelers, I get popped one by my wife. In addition, I'm only allowed to pull for the team that is playing against Pittsburgh once every four years. When the Giants play them (and that's partially only because she knows I'd NEVER root against my own team...been a Giants fan since the mid-80's when I was a kid.)
Ah, it's nice to be able to make fun of Ben Roethlisberger without getting popped for doing it! I thought the same thing myself. However, any time I make fun of anyone on the Steelers, I get popped one by my wife. In addition, I'm only allowed to pull for the team that is playing against Pittsburgh once every four years. When the Giants play them (and that's partially only because she knows I'd NEVER root against my own team...been a Giants fan since the mid-80's when I was a kid.)
56DirtPriest
I've been a Browns fan since billy Sims blew his knee out again in '84. Off that Lions bandwagon just in time, I say. The depths of hatred are rarely plumbed to the abyss of a long suffering Browns fan (Art Modell, the Steelers, the Ravens success, Elway, Earnest Byner's fumble, losing to crappy Bengals teams, seeing the Titans wear the old Oilers colors). And I'm wangling a trade for my boys Brandon Jacobs and Wes Welker to bolster my underachieving fantasy team. Now back to your regularly scheduled Password game with your host Tom Kennedy... (cue funky '80s bass riff)
58ThrillerFan
Guard?
59WholeHouseLibrary
juxtapose?
60DeltaQueen50
No and No
61DirtPriest
placement? I'll save the snickering one liners.
62DeltaQueen50
No to DirtPiest. I'll gie you the next clue as I am going out this evening and won't get back here until tomorrow.
Clue Nbr. 2: incident
Clue Nbr. 2: incident
63WholeHouseLibrary
Event?
64ThrillerFan
Sherriff?
65DeltaQueen50
Hi guys, nobody's got it yet.
Clue Nbr 3 - plight
Clue Nbr 3 - plight
66WholeHouseLibrary
Debacle?
67DirtPriest
quandary?
68DeltaQueen50
Clue Nbr 4: location
69WholeHouseLibrary
Quagmire?
70DeltaQueen50
No, WHL, but I am starting to think my word belongs in a quagmire. A simple word, but perhaps too many meanings!
71WholeHouseLibrary
Entendre, perhaps?
72WholeHouseLibrary
OOH! Bog?
73DirtPriest
scene?
74DirtPriest
scene?
75WholeHouseLibrary
Did I read an echo?
76DeltaQueen50
No to all of the above. I really wish I had picked a different word!
Final clue = condition
Final clue = condition
77ThrillerFan
Dit bericht is door zijn auteur gewist.
78WholeHouseLibrary
Ummmmm -- situation?
79DirtPriest
circumstance?
80DeltaQueen50
Wow, you're a star WholeHouseLibrary. You got it. Your turn.
81WholeHouseLibrary
I'm a star? Must be a Brown Dwarf...
Okay, I'm still reading The Middle Way, so, from page 176...
Clue 1: stated
Okay, I'm still reading The Middle Way, so, from page 176...
Clue 1: stated
82DeltaQueen50
Announced ?
84ThrillerFan
spoken?
85WholeHouseLibrary
No.
Clue #2: previously
Clue #2: previously
86ThrillerFan
premeditated?
88DirtPriest
declared?
89WholeHouseLibrary
No.
Clue #3: Written
Clue #3: Written
90ThrillerFan
Documented?
91WholeHouseLibrary
No.
Since I'm not going to be around much this weekend, I'm going to put the clues in a more logical order, and see if you can figure it out.
I'll check later this evening.
Clues:
Previously
Written
Stated
Last Clue: ibid
Since I'm not going to be around much this weekend, I'm going to put the clues in a more logical order, and see if you can figure it out.
I'll check later this evening.
Clues:
Previously
Written
Stated
Last Clue: ibid
92DeltaQueen50
bibliography ?
94WholeHouseLibrary
Okay, I'm hitting the sack soon, and most likely won't be back here until Sunday.
The word was: abovementioned
Don't forget to set your clocks back Saturday night / Sunday morning.
Carry on, DeltaQueen50
The word was: abovementioned
Don't forget to set your clocks back Saturday night / Sunday morning.
Carry on, DeltaQueen50
96DirtPriest
shelter?
97DeltaQueen50
No, Dirt Priest that's not it
98DirtPriest
That's OK. It could be alot of things...
99DeltaQueen50
Ok time for the next clue.
Clue Nbr. 2: Garment
Clue Nbr. 2: Garment
100WholeHouseLibrary
Raiment?
101DirtPriest
coat?
102DeltaQueen50
Not yet.
Clue Nbr 3: Cape
Clue Nbr 3: Cape
103DirtPriest
cloak?
104DeltaQueen50
You got it DirtPriest, your turn.
105DirtPriest
Sorry-I was out in the garage watching my inept fantasy football team suck hind tit. Not a single touchdown but almost every team I have a player on won in a blowout. Go figure
from The History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe by Ernest Zebrowski
1) machine
from The History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe by Ernest Zebrowski
1) machine
106DeltaQueen50
apparatus ?
107WholeHouseLibrary
Device?
108DirtPriest
clue 2) wheel
109DeltaQueen50
automobile ?
110WholeHouseLibrary
Block (political group...)
111DirtPriest
clue 3) rope
112WholeHouseLibrary
Gallows?
113DeltaQueen50
pulley ?
114DirtPriest
ΔQ wins again with 'pulley'
sorry that took so long-my little nephew and I took long naps this afternoon.
sorry that took so long-my little nephew and I took long naps this afternoon.
115DeltaQueen50
An afternoon nap sounds great to me!
From The Moonlit Cage by Linda Holeman, Page 44
Clue Nbr. 1 - charm
From The Moonlit Cage by Linda Holeman, Page 44
Clue Nbr. 1 - charm
116WholeHouseLibrary
charisma?
117DeltaQueen50
I'll give you the next clue now as I won't be around tomorrow morning.
Clue Nbr 2: talisman
Clue Nbr 2: talisman
118WholeHouseLibrary
Token?
119DeltaQueen50
Ah, another nightowl. Sorry WHL that's not it.
120WholeHouseLibrary
Trinket?
HOO HOO
HOO HOO
121DeltaQueen50
Nope - but that was going to be one of my clues.
122WholeHouseLibrary
Amulet?
123DeltaQueen50
You got it WHL.
124WholeHouseLibrary
Okay, I'm still reading The Middle Way, so, from page 198...
Clue #1: voluminous
Clue #1: voluminous
125DeltaQueen50
fullness ?
126ThrillerFan
Dense?
127WholeHouseLibrary
No to both - wrong direction...
Clue #2: extensive
Clue #2: extensive
128DirtPriest
vast?
129WholeHouseLibrary
No.
(I'll be back in about 4 hours.)
(I'll be back in about 4 hours.)
130DeltaQueen50
lengthy ?
131KarenElissa
large?
132WholeHouseLibrary
No and no.
Last Clue (mostly because I can't think of any other words...): Roomy
Last Clue (mostly because I can't think of any other words...): Roomy
133KarenElissa
spacious?
134DirtPriest
immense?
135ThrillerFan
broad?
136DeltaQueen50
You guys sound like you are describing my rear end!
137DirtPriest
Jinkies!
138WholeHouseLibrary
None of the above.
The word was: capacious.
Looks like ThrillerFan made the last guess.
The word was: capacious.
Looks like ThrillerFan made the last guess.
139ThrillerFan
All right, next word is set.
CLUE 1: Letters
CLUE 1: Letters
140DirtPriest
mail?
141DeltaQueen50
alphabet ?
142WholeHouseLibrary
Runes?
144ThrillerFan
No, No, No, and No
Clue 2: Manual
Clue 2: Manual
145WholeHouseLibrary
Calligraphy?
146ThrillerFan
No
Clue 3: BING!
Clue 3: BING!
147DeltaQueen50
Password ?
148ThrillerFan
No
Clue 4: Electric
Clue 4: Electric
149KarenElissa
typewriter?
150ThrillerFan
KarenElissa got it.
Final clue would have been "Ribbon".
It's from page 66 of the book Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
You're up next KarenElissa!
Final clue would have been "Ribbon".
It's from page 66 of the book Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
You're up next KarenElissa!
152WholeHouseLibrary
Sane?
(It's been that kind of day...)
(It's been that kind of day...)
153DirtPriest
fundamental?
154KarenElissa
nope
clue#2 fire
clue#2 fire
155WholeHouseLibrary
Crackle?
156KarenElissa
You got it WHL! Your turn.
157WholeHouseLibrary
I don't have my current-read with me at the moment, so from page 22 of a blind-folded selection of possibly a hundred paperbacks in the vicinity of where I am right now...
Oh brother! I wish you luck with this one! It's a book about bookbinding...
Clue #1: Point
Oh brother! I wish you luck with this one! It's a book about bookbinding...
Clue #1: Point
158DirtPriest
typeface?
159WholeHouseLibrary
No.
Clue #2: Awl
Clue #2: Awl
160DirtPriest
scribe??? (I'm stuck on tools and printing press stuff)
161ThrillerFan
piercing?
162WholeHouseLibrary
No, and no.
Clue #3: Punch
Clue #3: Punch
163DeltaQueen50
stylus ?
165DirtPriest
gimlet?
166WholeHouseLibrary
No.
Clue #4: Odd _______
Clue #4: Odd _______
167WholeHouseLibrary
Last Clue: Hamlet
168WholeHouseLibrary
Yeah, I kind of figured that this was going to be a tough one...
From Introduction to Bookbinding by Lionel S. Darley, the sentence reads:
"Using this marked sheet as a guide, now punch a small neat hole with a bodkin or cobbler's awl in the dead centre of the spine fold of each sheet..."
DirtPriest, you're up next.
From Introduction to Bookbinding by Lionel S. Darley, the sentence reads:
"Using this marked sheet as a guide, now punch a small neat hole with a bodkin or cobbler's awl in the dead centre of the spine fold of each sheet..."
DirtPriest, you're up next.
170WholeHouseLibrary
fabled?
171DirtPriest
clue 2) creature
172WholeHouseLibrary
Balrog?
173DirtPriest
nope
clue 3) song
clue 3) song
174WholeHouseLibrary
Siren?
175DirtPriest
Goofy. My post from this afternoon vanished. Sorry.
Siren is obviously correct
Siren is obviously correct
176WholeHouseLibrary
In that case... my current-read is again unavailable, so from a literary resource to be named later:
Clue #1 Nil
Clue #1 Nil
177WholeHouseLibrary
(bump) - Not a clue; just bringing it back to the top of the stack.
178ThrillerFan
Zilch?
179DirtPriest
zero?
180WholeHouseLibrary
Good for you, DP!
My 'reference' was a Book-Review-a-Day calendar that featured The Zero that particular day.
My 'reference' was a Book-Review-a-Day calendar that featured The Zero that particular day.
181DirtPriest
Always try numbers first, gravity always wins, and never bet on my Cleveland Browns. Ever.
From Agatha Christie's Tuesday Club Murders
clue 1) smack
From Agatha Christie's Tuesday Club Murders
clue 1) smack
182WholeHouseLibrary
Strike?
183ThrillerFan
Spank?
184DirtPriest
clue 2) Archaic
185WholeHouseLibrary
Smite? (past tense = smote)
186DirtPriest
That was easier than I thought. And for the record I couldn't connect to LT.com last night for some reason. Go ahead WHL.
187WholeHouseLibrary
From The Middle Way, page 220...
Clue #1: expatriate (noun)
Clue #1: expatriate (noun)
188ThrillerFan
I have no clue, never heard of the word, and at m-w.com, it only mentions it as a Verb or an Adjective, not a noun, so my guess is probably WAY OFF course:
abroad?
abroad?
189WholeHouseLibrary
You're correct (in that your guess is way off).
Clue #2: asylum-seeker (my apologies for this apparent rule-stretch...)
Clue #2: asylum-seeker (my apologies for this apparent rule-stretch...)
190ThrillerFan
Insanist?
191WholeHouseLibrary
ummm.... no. {;>)
192DirtPriest
Transport (as in the old punishment of Transportation from Britain to, say, Australia or the US colonies)
193WholeHouseLibrary
No.
Clue #3: exiled
Clue #3: exiled
194DirtPriest
'Banished' from the Realm??
195WholeHouseLibrary
Try that using one word...
196DirtPriest
Banished
197WholeHouseLibrary
No...
Clue #4: person
Clue #4: person
198ThrillerFan
Dahmer?
199WholeHouseLibrary
Huh?
Let's review...
Clue #1: expatriate (noun)
Clue #2: asylum-seeker
Clue #3: exiled
Clue #4: person
How in blazes did you get (Jeffrey) Dahmer from that?
Let's review...
Clue #1: expatriate (noun)
Clue #2: asylum-seeker
Clue #3: exiled
Clue #4: person
How in blazes did you get (Jeffrey) Dahmer from that?
200ThrillerFan
Well, can't use clue 1, I only know it as a verb or adjective.
As a verb, it's to Banish or exile.
He belonged in an Insane Asylum
Exile is to leave one's home or country. Granted, in his case, it may not have been voluntary, as he was arrested.
As sick as he was, he was still a person.
Of course, if you let your mind get even sicker, he was exiled from his home in jail by being killed (hopefully he went to hell and not heaven...otherwise, I'm horsemeat when I get there).
It's a little sick and twisted (That's what I get for reading Horror Novels, Thrillers, and True Crime Novels, a sick and twisted mind), but it's the first thing that came to mind given the handicap of clue 1, so really just used clues 2, 3, and 4.
As a verb, it's to Banish or exile.
He belonged in an Insane Asylum
Exile is to leave one's home or country. Granted, in his case, it may not have been voluntary, as he was arrested.
As sick as he was, he was still a person.
Of course, if you let your mind get even sicker, he was exiled from his home in jail by being killed (hopefully he went to hell and not heaven...otherwise, I'm horsemeat when I get there).
It's a little sick and twisted (That's what I get for reading Horror Novels, Thrillers, and True Crime Novels, a sick and twisted mind), but it's the first thing that came to mind given the handicap of clue 1, so really just used clues 2, 3, and 4.
201WholeHouseLibrary
Thanks for that...
202ThrillerFan
When you give your last clue, I'm leaving this one for someone else to solve...I'll figure their word out instead. Obviously this one's completely over my head.
203WholeHouseLibrary
Well, the only clue I have left is so obscure, that I doubt anyone would get it anyway.
That clue would have been "Petty".
As in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had a song with the word in the title.
I'm going to have quite limited access to the Net until Monday, so in the interest of keeping the thread going, the word I was trying to give clues for was:
refugee
The torch is passed to you, TP
That clue would have been "Petty".
As in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had a song with the word in the title.
I'm going to have quite limited access to the Net until Monday, so in the interest of keeping the thread going, the word I was trying to give clues for was:
refugee
The torch is passed to you, TP
204ThrillerFan
I'm very busy after tomorrow until Monday, so I'm passing the torch to DirtPriest.
206WholeHouseLibrary
troubadour?
207DirtPriest
no
clue 2) Dale (this is in a book about Tolkien so let's see who's alert)
clue 2) Dale (this is in a book about Tolkien so let's see who's alert)
208DirtPriest
OK then, clue 3) Shakespeare
209WholeHouseLibrary
SWAG: Luteist?
210DirtPriest
clue 4) Balladeer / Troubadour
211DeltaQueen50
jongleur ?
212WholeHouseLibrary
Isn't that one of those really important veins in your neck?
213DirtPriest
round and round the answer we go. It's not...
clue 4) ... hard
clue 4) ... hard
214DeltaQueen50
I'm stumped. Am I going to feel like slashing my jongleur when I find out the answer? :0
215DirtPriest
Maybe but I hope not. It's BARD, as in the Bard of Avon or Bard of Dale from The Hobbit. He's the guy that killed Smaug with the Black Arrow. Go ahead ΔQ
216DeltaQueen50
Well, you were right, it's not that hard at all - should have got it!
From The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards, page 22
Clue nbr 1: slight
From The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards, page 22
Clue nbr 1: slight
217DirtPriest
I could go a few ways but I'll try - Wee?
218WholeHouseLibrary
snub?
219DeltaQueen50
Not yet.
Clue Nbr 2: overlook
Clue Nbr 2: overlook
220WholeHouseLibrary
ignore?
221DeltaQueen50
You got it WHL. Your go.
222WholeHouseLibrary
From The Middle Way, page 242...
Clue #1: pretentious
Clue #1: pretentious
223DirtPriest
snobbish?
224WholeHouseLibrary
No.
Clue #2: person
Clue #2: person
225ThrillerFan
Politician?
226WholeHouseLibrary
The word ~would~ apply to a LOT of politicians, but you should keep guessing.
227ThrillerFan
Liar?
(And NO, I'm not the jerk from South Carolina that shouted "You Lie!", though I would shout it to Bush if I could)
(And NO, I'm not the jerk from South Carolina that shouted "You Lie!", though I would shout it to Bush if I could)
228DeltaQueen50
this could also apply to a lot of politicians:
pompous ?
pompous ?
229WholeHouseLibrary
Close (in concept), and no.
Clue #3: faker
Clue #3: faker
230DeltaQueen50
phony ?
232DirtPriest
haughty?
233WholeHouseLibrary
No. Clue 2 is the primary clue to consider.
234DeltaQueen50
charlatan ?
235WholeHouseLibrary
That was actually going to be my next clue...
This is a made-up "word" for the new clue:
Clue #4: pseudo-expert
This is a made-up "word" for the new clue:
Clue #4: pseudo-expert
236DirtPriest
mountebank? (I've apparently read a few too many Agatha Christie mysteries this summer)
237DeltaQueen50
imposter ?
238WholeHouseLibrary
No, and close.
I don't have any more clues, so, I'll let you keep pondering until
a) around 6:00 - LT time; or
b) when I return to the house if MrsHouseLibrary hijacks me;
whichever applies...
I don't have any more clues, so, I'll let you keep pondering until
a) around 6:00 - LT time; or
b) when I return to the house if MrsHouseLibrary hijacks me;
whichever applies...
239WholeHouseLibrary
The word was poseur - someone who pretends to be an expert in a a given field, but actually has no practical experience in it.
I worked for an organ builder for about a year, and whereas I know a lot about what makes pipes and wind chambers work well, I would be a poseur if I were to charge someone money for my advice, because there is still so much I ~don't~ know.
Your turn, DeltaQueen50!
I worked for an organ builder for about a year, and whereas I know a lot about what makes pipes and wind chambers work well, I would be a poseur if I were to charge someone money for my advice, because there is still so much I ~don't~ know.
Your turn, DeltaQueen50!
241DirtPriest
tattoo? (probably not, but...)
242WholeHouseLibrary
logo?
243DeltaQueen50
Not yet.
Clue Nbr 2: damage
Clue Nbr 2: damage
244DirtPriest
scar?
245DeltaQueen50
You got it DirtPriest. Your go.
246DirtPriest
Just got home from a late football night
TA Shippey's J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
clue 1) pillager
TA Shippey's J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
clue 1) pillager
247WholeHouseLibrary
Congressman?
Or, since Tolkien lived in England - Parlimentarian?
Or, since Tolkien lived in England - Parlimentarian?
248DeltaQueen50
barbarian ?
249WholeHouseLibrary
vandal?
250DirtPriest
no. clue 2) Raider
251DirtPriest
I'll also give 3) reaver
252DeltaQueen50
looter ?
253WholeHouseLibrary
pirate?
254ThrillerFan
Aggressor?
255DirtPriest
Hmmm... this might be harder than I thought so here's the last 2 together
4) Highwayman
5) ...Savager?....
4) Highwayman
5) ...Savager?....
256DeltaQueen50
Beserker ? - I only know this from video games!!
257DirtPriest
Honestly, I doubt anyone will guess 'Ravager', so go ahead ΔQ (and it's beRserker)
258DeltaQueen50
Thanks DirtPriest. Spelling has never been my strong point. :)
Ok, from Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I page 66:
Clue Nbr 1: detached
Ok, from Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I page 66:
Clue Nbr 1: detached
259WholeHouseLibrary
distracted?
261DirtPriest
aloof?
262DeltaQueen50
Not yet.
Clue Nbr 2 - unemotional
Clue Nbr 2 - unemotional
263DirtPriest
stoic?
264WholeHouseLibrary
indifferent?
265DeltaQueen50
Dirt Priest has gotten it. Your turn.
266DirtPriest
From the same book about Tolkien
1) disgusting
1) disgusting
267WholeHouseLibrary
wretched?
268DeltaQueen50
offensive ?
269DirtPriest
nope
2) Repulsive
2) Repulsive
270DeltaQueen50
loathsome ?
271WholeHouseLibrary
Nauseating?
272DirtPriest
I was hesitant to play this because of all the revolting adjectives you folks would guess, but it's all in good fun
clue 3) horrid (and no, the word is not 'revolting', either)
Good night all and Merry Christmas or Happy whatever your equivalent winter solstice festival might be. May the sun return to us and not keep fading off away to the south.
clue 3) horrid (and no, the word is not 'revolting', either)
Good night all and Merry Christmas or Happy whatever your equivalent winter solstice festival might be. May the sun return to us and not keep fading off away to the south.
273DeltaQueen50
repugnant ?
274DirtPriest
ΔQ is correct again
275DeltaQueen50
Oh, and I was enjoying writing down all the revolting words ...
From Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella, page 44
clue nbr 1: incised
From Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella, page 44
clue nbr 1: incised
276DirtPriest
inscribed?
278WholeHouseLibrary
carved?
279DeltaQueen50
no.
Club Nbr 2: etched
Club Nbr 2: etched
280DirtPriest
Scrimshawed? (After reading all this stuff about Tolkien, I'd bet that 'scrimshawn' is more correct.)
281DeltaQueen50
good word, but not the one.
I have to use one of your answers for the next clue.
Clue Nbr 3: inscribed
I have to use one of your answers for the next clue.
Clue Nbr 3: inscribed
282WholeHouseLibrary
scored?
284WholeHouseLibrary
gouged?
285DirtPriest
chased?
286WholeHouseLibrary
bitten?
287DeltaQueen50
No, no and (ouch) no.
Clue Nbr 4: written
Clue Nbr 4: written
288ThrillerFan
Pyrography?
289DeltaQueen50
No.
290DeltaQueen50
Club nbr 5: gravestone
291rainpebble
engraved?
292WholeHouseLibrary
chiseled?
293DirtPriest
I like chiseled as well...
294DeltaQueen50
Nannybebette got it. Way to go Belva. Your turn.
295WholeHouseLibrary
Bump!
(not a clue... just making it easier for nannybebette to find)
(not a clue... just making it easier for nannybebette to find)
296rainpebble
Sorry guys. Let the hospital patients and my lame brain get in the way.
Okay;
From War and Peace; page # 66:
1st clue: conveyance
Okay;
From War and Peace; page # 66:
1st clue: conveyance
297rainpebble
Am going to bed. Will check thread in the A.M.
Sorry again for the delay.
belva
Sorry again for the delay.
belva
298WholeHouseLibrary
transportation?
299DirtPriest
vehicle?
300ThrillerFan
encumbrance?
301rainpebble
No, no and no.
But I will use one of your guesses for the new clue.
clue#2: transportation
Good luck and my the universe be with you.
belva
But I will use one of your guesses for the new clue.
clue#2: transportation
Good luck and my the universe be with you.
belva
302DeltaQueen50
carriage ?
304DeltaQueen50
I have read War and Peace, so I did know they were driving in carriages.
From The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella, page 44
Clue nbr 1: provisions
From The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella, page 44
Clue nbr 1: provisions
305WholeHouseLibrary
supplies?
307WholeHouseLibrary
vittles?
308DeltaQueen50
No - but I really like that word - reminds me of Granny on Beverly Hillbillies
309ThrillerFan
Agreements?
310DeltaQueen50
No to Thriller Fan
Clue Nbr 2: allotments
Clue Nbr 2: allotments
312DeltaQueen50
Congrats to Kelisha94, you're right. Your turn.
314DirtPriest
ergs? (first thing among many to pop in to my mind)
after looking at the cover of your book I doubt it
after looking at the cover of your book I doubt it
316ThrillerFan
employment?
318ThrillerFan
Stress?
319DeltaQueen50
mentor ?
320WholeHouseLibrary
urge?
321DirtPriest
leverage?
323WholeHouseLibrary
move?
324DirtPriest
manipulate?
327DirtPriest
OK. From Dickens' Great Expectations (the first half has bored me to tears but I have to read it for a friend)
1) deduction
1) deduction
328DeltaQueen50
subtraction ?
329DirtPriest
negatory
clue 2) Guess
clue 2) Guess
331DirtPriest
quick, but incorrect
333DirtPriest
this time, quick AND correct
335ThrillerFan
ease?
336WholeHouseLibrary
console?
337DirtPriest
luxury?
338DeltaQueen50
soothe ?
340ThrillerFan
calm?
341DirtPriest
solace?
342WholeHouseLibrary
empathize?
343hemlokgang
support?
345DirtPriest
Nutty
From a random page of Great Expectations, and electing to pass on 'circumjacent'
1) chicken
From a random page of Great Expectations, and electing to pass on 'circumjacent'
1) chicken
346DeltaQueen50
fowl ?
347ThrillerFan
Scardy-cat?
(obviously chicken in a different context than DeltaQueen50's guess)
(obviously chicken in a different context than DeltaQueen50's guess)
348DirtPriest
I thought that might be easy
go ahead ΔQ
go ahead ΔQ
349DeltaQueen50
Wow that was fast!
From Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, page 44
clue nbr 1: unrefined
From Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, page 44
clue nbr 1: unrefined
350WholeHouseLibrary
raw?
351DirtPriest
boorish? (sounds Holmsian)
352DeltaQueen50
No and No.
353DeltaQueen50
Clue nbr 2: crude
354WholeHouseLibrary
ore?
355DirtPriest
vulgar?
356DeltaQueen50
Clue Nbr. 3: rough
357DirtPriest
uncouth?
358hemlokgang
oil?
359DeltaQueen50
No and no.
Clue Nbr. 4: crass
Clue Nbr. 4: crass
360hemlokgang
brash?
361DirtPriest
coarse?
362DeltaQueen50
DirtPriest got it. Your turn.
363DirtPriest
Still from Great Expectations
1) floated
1) floated
364DeltaQueen50
hover ?
365WholeHouseLibrary
wafted?
366hemlokgang
suggested
367DirtPriest
clue 2) slid
368hemlokgang
glided
369DirtPriest
Glided it is. Your move...
371WholeHouseLibrary
gala?
372hemlokgang
Clue #2: globe
373DirtPriest
sphere?
374hemlokgang
You got it, DirtPriest.
375DirtPriest
That whole simultaneous post thing is weird and happens to me alot.
From The Inheritors by William Golding (Oddly, glided is again available on my bookmarked page...)
clue 1) echo
From The Inheritors by William Golding (Oddly, glided is again available on my bookmarked page...)
clue 1) echo
376WholeHouseLibrary
reverberation?
377ThrillerFan
copy?
378DeltaQueen50
repeat ?
379DirtPriest
clue 2) reverberate
380hemlokgang
vibrate
381WholeHouseLibrary
throb?
382DirtPriest
Hmmm.
clue 3) oscillate
clue 3) oscillate
384DirtPriest
Resonate is correct
386hemlokgang
reduced?
389DirtPriest
ebbed?
391WholeHouseLibrary
decremented?
392pbadeer
no.
Is there a rule to when I post a new clue? I guess I've got two no's in a row, so I'll post Clue #3
CLUE #3 - lessened
Is there a rule to when I post a new clue? I guess I've got two no's in a row, so I'll post Clue #3
CLUE #3 - lessened
393DirtPriest
eased?
395WholeHouseLibrary
recessed?
397WholeHouseLibrary
receeded?
399WholeHouseLibrary
faded?
401DirtPriest
withdrew???
403callmejacx
empty?
404hemlokgang
funds?
405pbadeer
no and no
Oh Dear, I didn't realize I'd picked such a tough one.
I'm to my last clue and I can't come up with a giveaway clue, so I'm doing the best I can (and hope it makes sense)
CLUE #5 - D (and yes, that is just the letter "D")
Oh Dear, I didn't realize I'd picked such a tough one.
I'm to my last clue and I can't come up with a giveaway clue, so I'm doing the best I can (and hope it makes sense)
CLUE #5 - D (and yes, that is just the letter "D")
406WholeHouseLibrary
Debit?
(Past tense - Debited?)
(Past tense - Debited?)
408WholeHouseLibrary
Deducted?
409DirtPriest
devalued?
411hemlokgang
depressed?
413callmejacx
Deminished?
414hemlokgang
deductible
416ThrillerFan
Dividends?
They start with D, are supposed to be part of one's savings, but sure have been deducted and diminished in today's economy! (Ok, maybe it's a stretch).
They start with D, are supposed to be part of one's savings, but sure have been deducted and diminished in today's economy! (Ok, maybe it's a stretch).
417pbadeer
good logic but no. and really, my word HAPPENS (or in my case past tense, HAPPENED) to one's savings and isn't a "part of" it. I realize that's another clue, but I really want someone to get this. I can't handle the pressure!
418DirtPriest
deflate?
419pbadeer
I'm tempted to just say yes, but unfortunately, no. I'm inches away from giving a "sounds like" clue...
420hemlokgang
depleted?
422hemlokgang
dwindle?
423pbadeer
THANK HEAVENS!!! YES!
Sorry, I've been stressing that no one would get it and I'd have to start over. I realize I violated many rules, but the end justifies the means (at least in my eyes)
Now, it's your turn, hemlokgang. Have Fun!!!
Sorry, I've been stressing that no one would get it and I'd have to start over. I realize I violated many rules, but the end justifies the means (at least in my eyes)
Now, it's your turn, hemlokgang. Have Fun!!!
424hemlokgang
Thanks, pba! I hope mine is somewhere near as challenging as yours.......
CLUE #1: chosen
CLUE #1: chosen