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Shannock9 Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1396 Credit: 634,964 RAC: 0 |
Spectacles and arms are parts of (old) railroad signals. The spectacles are the colored glass that the lamps shine thru. |
Shannock9 Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1396 Credit: 634,964 RAC: 0 |
star-crossed lovers Am I being too obvious here? I can't find any rules about whether one is supposed to wait for a challenge, or in fact about anything to do with this thread. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
star-crossed lovers There is no particular rule that I know of. Sometimes I wait for a challenge that never comes, other times I just pre-emptively post an explanation here. It just depends on how obscure you think your word linkage is. In your case above, I think I would have waited, but it's the poster's judgment. It would be nice, however, if all who were challenged would answer. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22199 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
I tend to adopt the "don't explain until challenged" approach, after all that's how it's played as a parlour game. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22199 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Or even bubble = squeak = oil (burst and squeak overlapped, giving the next poster a bit of a quandary) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Shannock9 Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1396 Credit: 634,964 RAC: 0 |
It would be nice, however, if all who were challenged would answer. +1 (ROTFL) |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Or even bubble > burst is obvious, right? Then Rob came 15 seconds after my burst with his squeak, which on reflection I don't get as a response to bubble. However, at the time I didn't feel quandarized (quandarous? quanderous?), I just thought, when something squeaks, you oil it. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Mike Sebrey Send message Joined: 10 May 99 Posts: 108 Credit: 5,017,919 RAC: 0 |
Bubble and Squeak is a traditional English / British recipe. Some of my wife's Canadian cousins have made it for us. Fortymile Photo |
Shannock9 Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 1396 Credit: 634,964 RAC: 0 |
Still waiting for explanation of colt > pelt though. <drums fingers> |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
reefer>trailer I certainly didn't expect joint to lead to reefer. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I certainly didn't expect joint to lead to reefer. Born December 66. Technically yes, a child of the 60s, but too young to qualify for your meaning. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
I certainly didn't expect joint to lead to reefer. I thought "Reefer Madness" came out in the '50s .... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I certainly didn't expect joint to lead to reefer. I thought it was the 30s. I never meant to say I didn't get the reefer reference, just that I didn't think in that direction. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
North America Bzzzzzt! Two words... David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
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Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
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