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(Message started by: THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 18th, 2006, 11:13am)
Title: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 18th, 2006, 11:13am
Find a word that follows the first word in the clue and precedes the second, in each case making a new word or phrase:

1) split (          ) game
2) yellow (          ) stand
3) dinner (         ) politics
4) fencing (          ) tissue
5) reproduction (          ) van  
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by TimMann on Aug 22nd, 2006, 12:38am
1) split ([hide]end[/hide]) game
2) yellow ([hide]head[/hide]) stand
3) dinner ([hide]party[/hide]) politics
4) fencing ([hide]scar[/hide]) tissue
5) reproduction (?) van

I'm unsure if (2) was the answer you were looking for, and I'm stuck on (5).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 22nd, 2006, 3:26am

on 08/22/06 at 00:38:31, TimMann wrote:
I'm unsure if (2) was the answer you were looking for...

No, it wasn't. What's a yellow head? A parrot?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 22nd, 2006, 2:06pm

on 08/22/06 at 03:51:33, towr wrote:
How about [hide]cake[/hide] for 2?

Again, I am not sure what yellow cake is.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 22nd, 2006, 4:00pm

on 08/22/06 at 15:16:53, towr wrote:
to quote wiki "Yellowcake (also known as urania and uranic oxide) is concentrated uranium oxide, obtained through the milling of uranium ore."

I notice that it is only one word.    :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Icarus on Aug 22nd, 2006, 4:31pm
So is "endgame", and "split-end" is questionable.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Aug 23rd, 2006, 12:39am

on 08/22/06 at 16:00:19, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
I notice that it is only one word.    :P
It seems to satisfy the problem statement:

Quote:
Find a word that follows the first word in the clue and precedes the second, in each case making a new word or phrase
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by TimMann on Aug 23rd, 2006, 1:08am

on 08/22/06 at 03:26:09, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
No, it wasn't. What's a yellow head? A parrot?


Yes. Also, Yellowhead is a county in Canada. Google finds  a surprising number of hits for both yellowhead and "yellow head".
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 23rd, 2006, 3:41am
The answers are all common words.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by TimMann on Aug 23rd, 2006, 4:02am
2) yellow ([hide]ink[/hide]) stand

...seems better.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by TimMann on Aug 23rd, 2006, 4:06am
Maybe:

5) reproduction ([hide]service[/hide]) van

The second half seems a little weak, though.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 23rd, 2006, 4:41am

on 08/23/06 at 04:02:51, TimMann wrote:
2) yellow ([hide]ink[/hide]) stand
...seems better.

Wasn't thinking of that.  :(
But you are right about the number of letters.
And #5 has 9 letters.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 23rd, 2006, 6:06am

on 08/23/06 at 05:05:20, towr wrote:
cab? hat?

You mean the famous yellow hat?    :D
'Cab' is the one I was expecting.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Miles on Aug 24th, 2006, 1:33am
5) reproduction [hide] furniture [/hide] van
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Aug 24th, 2006, 2:45am

on 08/24/06 at 01:33:26, Miles wrote:
5) reproduction [hide] furniture [/hide] van

That's it.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by graphia on Aug 24th, 2006, 2:54am

on 08/24/06 at 01:33:26, Miles wrote:
5) reproduction [hide] furniture [/hide]


Like...a bed? ???
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Sep 14th, 2006, 12:51pm
6) gun (     ) glass
7) close (     ) centre
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Sep 14th, 2006, 1:30pm
6) gun ( [hide]shot[/hide] ) glass
7) Not sure about this one close ( [hide]up[/hide] ) centre
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by graphia on Sep 14th, 2006, 9:10pm
Close ( [hide]call[/hide] ) centre
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Sep 16th, 2006, 7:20pm
8) set (     ) blank
9) foot (     ) shop
10) shopping (     ) less
11) hot (     ) path
12) back (     ) real
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Sep 18th, 2006, 1:13pm
10) shopping ( [hide]bag[/hide] ) less
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Sep 18th, 2006, 4:04pm

on 09/18/06 at 13:13:55, Sameer wrote:
10) shopping ( [hide]bag[/hide] ) less

Well, 'bagless' is not really a proper word, is it?   :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Astrix on Sep 18th, 2006, 5:39pm
8) set ([hide]point[/hide]) blank
9) foot ([hide]print[/hide]) shop
10) shopping ([hide]list[/hide]) less
11) hot ([hide]foot[/hide]) path
12) back ([hide]side[/hide]) real
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Sep 19th, 2006, 3:45am
Well done, Astrix.

But I have a different answer for 9).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Sep 19th, 2006, 3:52am

on 09/19/06 at 03:45:31, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
But I have a different answer for 9).
[hide]work[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Sep 19th, 2006, 9:38am

on 09/18/06 at 16:04:18, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
Well, 'bagless' is not really a proper word, is it?   :)

Uh!?!?!? I see commercials and ads for bagless vaccum cleaners all the time  :-[
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Sep 19th, 2006, 4:49pm
[quote author=Sameer link=board=riddles_easy;num=1155924797;start=25#28 date=09/19/06 at 09:38:10]
Uh!?!?!? I see commercials and ads for bagless vaccum cleaners all the time  :-[/quote]
Fair enough. But it is sort of artificial, don't you think? Like, for example, calling a house with no dogs 'dogless'.
Can you find it in any dictionary?

(Correct, towr.)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by graphia on Sep 19th, 2006, 9:28pm
But if houses usually have dogs and this one doesn't as a feature then calling it 'dogless' wouldn't be artificial at all ;)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 3rd, 2006, 4:49am
13) ton (     ) thing  
14) face (     ) horse  
15) sure (     ) fly  
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Miles on Oct 3rd, 2006, 6:41am

on 10/03/06 at 04:49:20, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
13) ton (     ) thing  
14) face (     ) horse  
15) sure (     ) fly  

14) [hide]pack[/hide]
15) [hide]fire[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Dagny on Oct 7th, 2006, 10:19am
face [hide]pack[/hide] horse :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Dagny on Oct 7th, 2006, 10:34am
sure [hide]fire[/hide] fly
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 25th, 2006, 6:41pm
13) ton (****) thing  

16) dirty (     ) bags

17) kill (     ) buzzer

18) red (     ) size

19) tops (     ) well
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Oct 25th, 2006, 7:45pm
16) dirty ( [hide]laundry[/hide] ) bags

17) kill ( [hide]joy[/hide] ) buzzer

18) red ( [hide]party[/hide] ) size
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 26th, 2006, 6:19am
WTF, your answers for 16) are different from mine, but seem just as good - although it could perhaps be argued that they are too similar in context.

For 18), I have never heard of the 1st part of your answer. At least, it is not very common. Is it a proper name?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Oct 26th, 2006, 7:53am
Yes, are those not allowed?  It is a rather common phrase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Party
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Oct 26th, 2006, 8:10am
19) [hide]off[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Oct 26th, 2006, 11:19am

on 10/26/06 at 07:53:04, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Yes, are those not allowed?  It is a rather common phrase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Party

I would say that proper names are not usually admissible as 'phrases'.


on 10/26/06 at 08:10:08, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
19) [hide]off[/hide]?

No, but it does have 3 letters.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Astrix on Oct 26th, 2006, 12:23pm
13) ton ([hide]sure[/hide]) thing
19) tops ([hide]oil[/hide]) well
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Nov 28th, 2006, 2:17pm
Correct, Astrix!

20) faith (       ) run
21) apple (       ) values
22) lunch (       ) animal
23) loaded (       ) mark
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 28th, 2006, 2:54pm
21) apple ( [hide]core[/hide] ) values
22) lunch ( [hide]party[/hide] ) animal
23) loaded ( [hide]question[/hide] ) mark
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 28th, 2006, 3:00pm
20) faith ( [hide]full?[/hide] ) run
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Nov 28th, 2006, 3:31pm

on 11/28/06 at 15:00:38, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
20) faith ( [hide]full?[/hide] ) run

Nope, as 'faithfull' should have only one L.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 28th, 2006, 8:53pm
grr.... [gripe]stupid non-letter phonetic mumble mumble mumble[/gripe]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 30th, 2006, 10:00am
This one's driving me nuts.  [hide]Hill?[/hide]  All I can think of at the moment.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Nov 30th, 2006, 11:40am

on 11/30/06 at 10:00:55, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
This one's driving me nuts.  [hide]Hill?[/hide]  All I can think of at the moment.

No, it has 6 letters.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 30th, 2006, 6:37pm
It had better not be [hide]charity[/hide].

Like your nick by the way.   Know you've probably heard it before now, but it's a cool one.  Very clever.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Nov 30th, 2006, 6:43pm

on 11/30/06 at 18:37:09, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
It had better not be [hide]charity[/hide].

Like your nick by the way.   Know you've probably heard it before now, but it's a cool one.  Very clever.

Thanks for the compliment.
No, it is not 'charity'.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Nov 30th, 2006, 10:19pm
Just realized charity is a seven letter word.  Urg... I'm allright, I swear.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Dec 23rd, 2006, 2:50pm
Also
22) lunch ([hide]pack[/hide]) animal

20) faith (******) run
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by WombatDeath on Dec 23rd, 2006, 4:47pm

on 12/23/06 at 14:50:36, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
Also

20) faith (******) run

Both of those annoy me; the former because I'm expected to pay for them and the latter because they get in the way when I have to get to work!
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Dec 23rd, 2006, 6:18pm

on 12/23/06 at 16:47:45, WombatDeath wrote:
Both of those annoy me; the former because I'm expected to pay for them and the latter because they get in the way when I have to get to work!

Good answer, WombatDeath!
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 10th, 2007, 4:48pm
24) bicycle (       ) board
25) sympathy (       ) down
26) railway (      ) clock


Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Feb 10th, 2007, 11:59pm
26)[hide]carriage?[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 11th, 2007, 3:42am
Correct, Three Hands.

27) parking (       ) distinction
28) secret (        ) card
29) data (         ) metal
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Feb 11th, 2007, 6:57am
28 [hide]identity[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Icarus on Feb 11th, 2007, 12:24pm
27) [hide]fine[/hide] ?
29) [hide]sheet[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Feb 11th, 2007, 12:45pm
25)[hide] Vote  [/hide] ?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 11th, 2007, 3:55pm
All correct, although there is a better answer for 29 (imo).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 11th, 2007, 7:47pm
24) [hide]race [/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 11th, 2007, 9:58pm
I don't know if you will accept this one, but I thought it clever and figured I should at least post it.

24) [hide]Card[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 13th, 2007, 9:11am
Well, I have never heard of a bicycle card or a race board.   ???
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by SMQ on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:24am

on 02/13/07 at 09:11:21, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
Well, I have never heard of a bicycle card or a race board.   ???

Bicycle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Playing_Cards) is a popular brand name of playing cards.

--SMQ
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 13th, 2007, 10:47am

on 02/13/07 at 10:24:24, SMQ wrote:
Bicycle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Playing_Cards) is a popular brand name of playing cards.

Thanks, SMQ.
However, trade names are usually restricted in their usage whereas the answer ought to be easily understood by any English-speaking person. For example, if I came up with an answer which was a Brit trade name that only Limeys had heard of I doubt if many would be very impressed.  

Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:28pm

on 02/13/07 at 09:11:21, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
Well, I have never heard of a bicycle card or a race board.   ???


Race Board, as in racing board..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Feb 15th, 2007, 6:36pm
[hide]Pedal[/hide].
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 17th, 2007, 1:07pm

on 02/15/07 at 18:36:51, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Pedal


on 02/15/07 at 18:28:45, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Race Board, as in racing board..

Nope.

24) bicycle (  ) board
29) data (    ) metal

--------------------------

30) finger (       ) shop
31) digital (       ) angle
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Feb 17th, 2007, 6:25pm
29) [hide]sheet     [/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 17th, 2007, 6:56pm

on 02/17/07 at 18:25:40, rmsgrey wrote:
29) [hide]sheet     [/hide]?

Icarus gave that answer.
While not wrong, there is a more common alternative.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JohanC on Feb 18th, 2007, 2:18am
29) [hide]model [/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 18th, 2007, 5:34am

on 02/18/07 at 02:18:49, JohanC wrote:
29) [hide]model [/hide]?

Model metal??   :o   ???
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Grimbal on Feb 18th, 2007, 5:46am
32) hyper ( ) age   ;D
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 18th, 2007, 6:55am

on 02/18/07 at 05:46:00, Grimbal wrote:
32) hyper ( ) age   ;D

[hide]link[/hide]   ;D
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Feb 18th, 2007, 7:51am

on 02/18/07 at 05:46:00, Grimbal wrote:
32) hyper ( ) age   ;D



[hide]space[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 19th, 2007, 5:21pm
30) [hide]print[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 19th, 2007, 6:14pm

on 02/19/07 at 17:21:33, JiNbOtAk wrote:
30) [hide]print[/hide]?

Yep.    :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Grimbal on Feb 19th, 2007, 11:17pm
By the way, for 32) THUDandBLUNDER got the intended answer but denis's is also acceptable.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 20th, 2007, 9:58pm
33) lucrative ( ) casting
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Feb 20th, 2007, 10:38pm

on 02/20/07 at 21:58:47, JiNbOtAk wrote:
33) lucrative ( ) casting


[hide]iron?[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 21st, 2007, 12:30am

on 02/20/07 at 22:38:27, BNC wrote:
[hide]iron?[/hide]


Lucrative iron ? Haven't heard that one yet, so..no.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Feb 21st, 2007, 3:01am

on 02/21/07 at 00:30:01, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Lucrative iron ? Haven't heard that one yet, so..no.


Oh, it's there, only not very popular. Usually as Lucrative iron ore. You can google it if you want.

But OK. I'll give it some more thought (and, as usual, will probably end up missing the train...)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 21st, 2007, 4:28am

on 02/20/07 at 21:58:47, JiNbOtAk wrote:
33) lucrative ( ) casting

33) [hide]role[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 21st, 2007, 4:45pm

on 02/21/07 at 04:28:41, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
33) [hide]role[/hide]?


Not what I had in mind..

The second part is a bit uncommon, unless you happened to be in the industry..


Quote:
Oh, it's there, only not very popular. Usually as Lucrative iron ore. You can google it if you want.

But OK. I'll give it some more thought (and, as usual, will probably end up missing the train...)


Guess I'll accept it as an alternative..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 21st, 2007, 5:40pm

on 02/21/07 at 16:45:51, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Guess I'll accept it as an alternative..

I don't think that's necessary.
Googling reveals that 'lucrative' never describes the iron; it describes the iron ore or iron industry, etc.
In fact, at the moment I can't think of anything suitable that 'lucrative' goes with.  
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Feb 22nd, 2007, 7:06am
[hide]investment[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Feb 22nd, 2007, 8:19am

on 02/20/07 at 21:58:47, JiNbOtAk wrote:
33) lucrative ( ) casting



[hide]contract[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 22nd, 2007, 5:38pm

on 02/22/07 at 07:06:23, BNC wrote:
[hide]investment[/hide]?



Yep, thought that one was going to go a bit longer  ;)


Quote:
contract?


Not sure about contract casting though..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 24th, 2007, 8:54pm
24) bicycle (  ) board  
29) data (    ) metal
31) digital (  ) angle

--------------------

34) die (       ) cheese
35) drawing (       ) room
36) liquor (       ) bucket
37) French (       ) beam
38) sweet (       ) soup
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Feb 24th, 2007, 10:52pm
29) [hide]sheet?[/hide]
34) [hide]hard[/hide]
38) [hide]pea[/hide]

[e] Curse those smileys [/e]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Feb 25th, 2007, 12:32am
24) [hide]card[/hide]
31) [hide]clock?[/hide]
34) [hide]hard[/hide]
35) [hide]board[/hide]
37) [hide]Door? Window?[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 25th, 2007, 5:04am

on 02/24/07 at 22:52:23, Three Hands wrote:
29) [hide]sheet?[/hide]
34) [hide]hard[/hide]
38) [hide]pea[/hide]

29) Not the expected answer
34) Yes
38) Yes


on 02/25/07 at 00:32:34, BNC wrote:
24) [hide]card[/hide]
31) [hide]clock?[/hide]
34) [hide]hard[/hide]
35) [hide]board[/hide]
37) [hide]Door? Window?[/hide]

24) No
31) No
34) Yes
35) Yes
37) No

So we are still left with
24) bicycle (  ) board  
29) data (    ) metal
31) digital (  ) angle  
36) liquor (  ) bucket
37) French (  ) beam
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Feb 25th, 2007, 6:29am
Then maybe [hide]game[/hide] for (24)?
For (24), the given answer seems to fit perfectly, but could you expected answer be [hide]base[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 25th, 2007, 6:54am

on 02/25/07 at 06:29:54, BNC wrote:
For (24), the given answer seems to fit perfectly, but could you expected answer be [hide]base[/hide]?

Yes, that's it.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Feb 25th, 2007, 8:02am

on 02/25/07 at 06:54:41, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
Yes, that's it.


off course, that second one was supposed to be (29), not (24).
I suggested a solution for (24) as well. Is it wrong?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 25th, 2007, 9:38am

on 02/25/07 at 08:02:37, BNC wrote:
I suggested a solution for (24) as well. Is it wrong?

Yes, because trade names are usually restricted in their usage - whereas the answer ought to be easily understood by any English-speaking person with an average level of education (imo).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 25th, 2007, 5:20pm
A stab..

37) [hide]Tractor[/hide]   ;D
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Feb 25th, 2007, 10:48pm
As a guess at 37) [hide]cross[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 27th, 2007, 1:18pm

on 02/25/07 at 17:20:10, JiNbOtAk wrote:
37) [hide]Tractor[/hide]   ;D



on 02/25/07 at 22:48:30, Three Hands wrote:
As a guess at 37) [hide]cross[/hide]

Nope.

I think 37) requires a hint: one word gives a [hide]tree[/hide].
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Mar 10th, 2007, 8:24pm
24) bicycle (  ) board  
31) digital (  ) angle  
36) liquor (  ) bucket
37) French (  ) beam
================
38) book (       ) curve
39) guide (       ) days
40) short (       ) guy
41) pots (       ) potato
42) human (       ) cult
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Mar 11th, 2007, 2:06pm
37) [hide]Horn[/hide] (Three Hands should have got the first half...)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 12th, 2007, 8:55pm

Quote:
37) Horn (Three Hands should have got the first half...)


I thought u need only three fingers for that..  :P

24) [hide]Casino[/hide]
31) [hide]Plane[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Mar 13th, 2007, 2:26am

on 03/12/07 at 20:55:15, JiNbOtAk wrote:
24) [hide]Casino[/hide]
31) [hide]Plane[/hide]

No to both.

Bicycle casino??

37) is correct.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Mar 13th, 2007, 7:38am
40) [hide]Fall[/hide]

31) [hide]Right. (As in DRM for the first one.)[/hide]

39) [hide]Dog[/hide]

38 ) [hide]Learning?[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 8:26am

on 03/13/07 at 07:38:28, Ulkesh wrote:
40) [hide]Fall[/hide]

31) [hide]Right. (As in DRM for the first one.)[/hide]

39) [hide]Dog[/hide]

38 ) [hide]Learning?[/hide]

38, 39, and 40 are correct.
As for 31, I guess it is acceptable but the collocations I am thinking of are much more common than 'digital right'.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Mar 13th, 2007, 8:46am
36) [hide]ice     [/hide]
41) [hide]hot    [/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 10:16am

on 03/13/07 at 08:46:51, rmsgrey wrote:
36) [hide]ice     [/hide]
41) [hide]hot    [/hide]

Both correct. So we are left with:

24) bicycle (  ) board  
31) digital (  ) angle  
42) human (  ) cult


Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Mar 13th, 2007, 10:22am
31) [hide]Display?[/hide]

Edit: SMQ's is definitely better.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by SMQ on Mar 13th, 2007, 10:29am
24) [hide]pedal[/hide]?
31) [hide]camera[/hide]?
42) [hide]nature[/hide]?

--SMQ
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 11:18am

on 03/13/07 at 10:29:14, SMQ wrote:
24) [hide]pedal[/hide]?
31) [hide]camera[/hide]?
42) [hide]nature[/hide]?

31) is correct.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by SMQ on Mar 13th, 2007, 11:44am
Going back, I see WTF already suggested it and was ruled wrong, but I think there's a convincing case for his/our alternate answer for 24: both [hide]bicycle pedal[/hide] (http://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+pedal) and [hide]pedal board[/hide] (http://www.google.com/search?q=pedal+board) are reasonably common terms.

--SMQ
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 1:20pm

on 03/13/07 at 11:44:14, SMQ wrote:
Going back, I see WTF already suggested it and was ruled wrong, but I think there's a convincing case for his/our alternate answer for 24: both [hide]bicycle pedal[/hide] (http://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+pedal) and [hide]pedal board[/hide] (http://www.google.com/search?q=pedal+board) are reasonably common terms.

--SMQ

I had never heard of [hide]pedalboard[/hide], but I see that it is quite common.

However, the board I am thinking of gets 37 million Google hits. Yours gets only 432 thousand.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by SMQ on Mar 13th, 2007, 1:23pm
24) [hide]circuit[/hide]?

--SMQ
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 1:25pm

on 03/13/07 at 13:23:07, SMQ wrote:
24) [hide]circuit[/hide]?

Nope, but I have just Googled the first half of 24) and amazingly it gets only 714 hits. I thought it was very common. Perhaps it is British English. Anyway, it is in this (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/) dictionary, so it can't be that rare.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by SMQ on Mar 13th, 2007, 1:37pm
Ahh, you must have been looking for [hide]clip[/hide].  I'd considered that one a while ago but didn't think it was very likely... ;)

--SMQ
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 1:40pm

on 03/13/07 at 13:37:13, SMQ wrote:
Ahh, you must have been looking for [hide]clip[/hide].  I'd considered that one a while ago but didn't think it was very likely... ;)

That's right. Isn't it amazing that in all of Google's x billion pages it ocurs only 714 times?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Icarus on Mar 13th, 2007, 3:26pm
And some of those are references to "Bicycle clip art", not bicycle clips (which I had to google just find out what they are).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Aryabhatta on Mar 13th, 2007, 3:35pm
42) [hide] body [/hide] ?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 4:17pm

on 03/13/07 at 15:26:51, Icarus wrote:
And some of those are references to "Bicycle clip art", not bicycle clips (which I had to google just find out what they are).

However, 'bicycle clips' gets 27 thousand.


on 03/13/07 at 15:35:15, Aryabhatta wrote:
42) [hide] body [/hide] ?

Afraid not.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 13th, 2007, 6:43pm

on 03/13/07 at 13:23:07, SMQ wrote:
24) [hide]circuit[/hide]?

--SMQ


What's wrong with this one ? Its much more common than clip, to me anyway.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 13th, 2007, 6:57pm

on 03/13/07 at 18:43:08, JiNbOtAk wrote:
What's wrong with this one ? Its much more common than clip, to me anyway.

Yeah, you can't go anywhere nowadays without coming across a bicycle circuit, right?     ::)

(Google gives 2,400 hits, a tenth of 'bicycle clips'.)    8)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 13th, 2007, 7:17pm

on 03/13/07 at 18:57:27, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Yeah, you can't go anywhere nowadays without coming across a bicycle circuit, right?     ::)


Haha, my bad. I was obviously thinking about bicycle race circuit  :-/
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Mar 14th, 2007, 5:32am
42) [hide]Identity[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 14th, 2007, 5:44am

on 03/14/07 at 05:32:12, Ulkesh wrote:
42) [hide]Identity[/hide]?

Sorry, I have never heard of 'identity cult' (perhaps you mean 'personality cult'), and it gets only 407 hits.
Mind you, I had never heard of the cult of the answer either. But at least it gets 375 thousand hits.  

Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JohanC on Mar 14th, 2007, 7:00am
42) [hide]body[/hide]  seems to donate 13,400 google points for the cult part. And 13 million for the human part.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JohanC on Mar 14th, 2007, 7:00am
Or 42) [hide]ancestor[/hide] 25,000 for the cult part, 123,000 for the human part.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Mar 14th, 2007, 7:23am
After a little research...

42) [hide]Cargo[/hide]

I've not heard of this type of cult either.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 14th, 2007, 8:06am

on 03/14/07 at 07:23:22, Ulkesh wrote:
I've not heard of this type of cult either.
I've heard of cults that might be called that, in the pacific ocean..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Mar 14th, 2007, 8:36am
It's a reasonably well known anthropological phenomenon (at least among anthropologists)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 14th, 2007, 8:39am

on 03/14/07 at 08:06:09, towr wrote:
I've heard of cults that might be called that, in the pacific ocean..

Nearer to home towr, there is [hide]cargo cult[/hide] programming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Icarus on Mar 15th, 2007, 6:14pm
Cargo cult programming derives its name (via the mid point of cargo cult science) from the Cargo Cults that towr is referring to.

Many inland tribes on New Guinea and on remote Pacific islands first major contact with modern industrial civilization came during WWII when Australians and Americans entered their areas to set up temporary military bases.

The natives saw strange men performing certain acts (building airfields, in particular) to be followed by large amounts of goods coming out of the sky in strange metal birds. The natives attempted to explain this in terms of their religion, which taught them that you please the gods by performing special rituals, and this results in the gods rewarding you. They concluded that the cargo arriving was the gods blessings in return for the strangers performing the appropriate rituals. Ever since, "cultists" have been attempting to duplicate the "rituals" performed by those soldiers in an attempt to attract gods favor again, and receive more cargo. At times, they have constructed entire mock airfields in this attempt. On more than one occasion, a businessman trying to establish in the area has been taken in, and discovered that the supposed local operation was all a sham - not as a con, but because his local connection was in fact attempting to replicate the cargo rituals. Last I heard, the cargo cults still exist.

Referring to anything by "cargo cult" is saying that it includes pointless constructs or activity.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 25th, 2007, 11:07am
43) sun (       ) bed
44) plough (       ) certificate
45) moon (       ) trap
46) vicar (       ) related
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by spanchap on Mar 25th, 2007, 11:25am
43) sun ([hide]flower[/hide]) bed
44) plough ([hide]share[/hide]) certificate
45) moon ([hide]blind[/hide] ) trap
46) vicar ([hide]age[/hide]) related

not sure about 45
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 25th, 2007, 12:39pm

on 03/25/07 at 11:25:44, spanchap wrote:

not sure about 45

'Moon blind' seems to exist but I can't find 'blind trap'.
The rest are OK.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Mar 25th, 2007, 2:50pm
45) [hide]sand[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Noke Lieu on Mar 25th, 2007, 4:42pm
moon [hide] bear[/hide] trap

moon [hide] beam[/hide] trap
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JohanC on Mar 25th, 2007, 4:42pm
45) [hide]fish[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 25th, 2007, 6:20pm
Well, none of those are what I had in mind.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Mar 25th, 2007, 11:16pm
[hide]boot[/hide]?

Or rather more than one, as in [hide]moon boots and bootstrap[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Noke Lieu on Mar 25th, 2007, 11:25pm
BNC that's bootiful... shame your beer's gotten warm (your S key is broken)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Mar 26th, 2007, 12:13am

on 03/25/07 at 23:25:48, Noke Lieu wrote:
BNC that's bootiful... shame your beer's gotten warm (your S key is broken)


Yes, I was just going to correct it.
Maybe I will anyhow...  ::)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 2:23am

on 03/25/07 at 23:16:31, BNC wrote:
Or rather more than one, as in [hide]moon boots and bootstrap[/hide]

Yep, that's it.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 2:33am
47) tooth ( ) rate
48) key ( ) room
49) frozen ( ) table
50) rubber ( ) aid
51) tooth ( ) cake
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 2:43am
48) [hide]board[/hide]

50) [hide]band - however, the second half is merely a North American trademark and not a proper word, tut, tut[/hide]

51) [hide]fairy[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 2:47am
Really? I thought it had migrated from trademark to a generic term, like walkman.

And of course, it goes without saying both all three guesses are correct.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 2:52am

on 03/26/07 at 02:47:17, towr wrote:
Really? I thought it had migrated from trademark to a generic term, like walkman.

Well, I guess that happens. But I note that all such words in my trusty Consise Oxford are capitalized. Perhaps I have just played too much Scrabble.    ;)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 3:01am
52) hydrogen ( ) squad
53) quasi- ( ) table
54) Unseen ( ) Challenge
55) general ( ) knowledge
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 3:05am
52) [hide]bomb[/hide]

What sort of entities are 54)?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Mar 26th, 2007, 3:07am
47) [hide]decay[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 26th, 2007, 3:14am
47) [hide]decay[/hide]
49) [hide]dinner[/hide]

Added : Didn't notice Ulkesh's post.  :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 3:38am

on 03/26/07 at 03:05:56, ThudanBlunder wrote:
What sort of entities are 54)?
It's hard to say without giving it away. They're names, the first is a [hide]fictional institution[/hide], the second a [hide]TV program[/hide]. I'd certainly expect the first to be wellknown here.

(And the guesses for 47,49,52 are all correct)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Mar 26th, 2007, 4:00am
54) [hide]University[/hide]

I'm not sure whether the American contingent here would recognise the second answer.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 4:02am
Perhaps they wouldn't. But then, the reverse is often enough the case :P
And google gives enough hits on it, once they have the first part.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 4:30am

on 03/26/07 at 04:00:05, Ulkesh wrote:
54) [hide]University[/hide]

I'm not sure whether the American contingent here would recognise the second answer.

I don't get the first half.   ??? I guess it must be a [hide]TV programme[/hide].
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 4:35am

on 03/26/07 at 04:30:49, ThudanBlunder wrote:
I don't get the first half.   ???
Not a [hide]Pratchett[/hide] fan, then?
Well, I won't hold it against you ;)

how about

56) infinite improbability ( ) through/thru
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 4:54am

on 03/26/07 at 04:35:26, towr wrote:
Not a [hide]Pratchett[/hide] fan, then?
Well, I won't hold it against you ;)

how about

56) infinite improbability ( ) through/thru

Oh, that's a toughie.

[hide]Terry Pratchett? No, I don't read much fiction these days.[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Mar 26th, 2007, 5:10am
53) quasi- ([hide]periodic[/hide] ) table
56) infinite improbability ([hide]  drive  [/hide] ) through/thru

which just leaves:

55) general ( ) knowledge

still unsolved

[edit] Or not!
55) general ([hide]  public [/hide]) knowledge
[/edit]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 6:58am
Yup.
Time for new ones then.

57) hybrid ( ) gate
58) artificial ( ) quotient
59) pink ( ) graveyard
60) post- ( ) sector
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 7:57am
57) [hide]logic[/hide]?
58) [hide]intelligence[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Grimbal on Mar 26th, 2007, 8:18am
57) hybrid ( [hide]power[/hide] ) gate
58) artificial ( [hide]stupidity[/hide] ;D ) quotient
59) pink ( [hide]elephant[/hide] ) graveyard
60) post- ( [hide]industrial[/hide] ) sector
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 8:21am
I had something different in mind for 57 and 60. Although the one you have for 60 is arguably better than mine.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Padfoot on Mar 26th, 2007, 8:41am
57. hybrid ([hide]car[/hide]) gate?
60. post- ([hide]office[/hide]) sector?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 8:58am
Nope, not the ones I was looking for either..

57 may be a bit specific to my studies at university, and therefore hard to guess. But for 60 there's really not that many sectors I could be thinking of (Certainly, plenty of sectors, but not that many I'd have thought of).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Grimbal on Mar 26th, 2007, 9:54am
57) hybrid ( [hide]transistor[/hide] ) gate
60) post- ( [hide]secondary[/hide] ) sector  (isn't it the same sector?)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 10:03am
You're in the right area for the latter part of 57

And I can't say I had never heard of "post-[hide]secondary[/hide]" before now. I think perhaps 60 has a few too many alternatives.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 10:05am

on 03/26/07 at 08:58:42, towr wrote:
But for 60 there's really not that many sectors I could be thinking of (Certainly, plenty of sectors, but not that many I'd have thought of).

Surely not [hide]graduate[/hide]? I thought of that previously but dismissed it out of hand.    :)


on 03/26/07 at 10:03:04, towr wrote:
You're in the right area for the latter part of 57

But my answer has its own entries in Wikipedia.    :P    I guess that doesn't mean much anymore.   :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 10:10am

on 03/26/07 at 10:05:36, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Surely not [hide]graduate[/hide]? I thought of that previously but dismissed it out of hand.    :)
Nope.
But, I'll probably end up in the sector I intended for 60 when I'm post-[hide]graduate[/hide].. [e]well, literally after (post); seems the dictionary has different ideas of what it generally means than I do[/e]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 10:15am

on 03/26/07 at 10:05:36, ThudanBlunder wrote:
But my answer has two entries in Wikipedia.    :P    I guess that doesn't mean much anymore.   :)
Hey, I hadn't seen that one.
That was in fact the one I was after.
I'm fairly certain that post only had a guess for 58 when I saw it.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 1:00pm
61) car ( ) car
62) radio ( ) radio
63) clothing ( ) clothing
64) boat ( ) boat
65) stone ( ) stone
66) number ( ) number
67) glass ( ) glass
68) pan ( ) pan
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 1:23pm
61) [hide]race[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 1:29pm

on 03/26/07 at 13:23:33, ThudanBlunder wrote:
61) [hide]race[/hide]
Yup.
There's also a nice alternative.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Mar 26th, 2007, 1:37pm
65 [hide]tomb[/hide]
66 [hide]one[/hide]
67 [hide]plate[/hide]
68 [hide]fry[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Mar 26th, 2007, 1:42pm
Not ones I was lookign for, though 67 is close, and pretty good in itself.
Wouldn't it have to be [hide]fry[/hide]ing for 68 to work? (Although that's still not what I was looking for it's again a good alternative)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Mar 26th, 2007, 1:46pm
[hide]fry[/hide]pan seems accepable according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frying_pan

Although I like my first answer for 65 I think maybe your looking for [hide]mill[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Mar 26th, 2007, 2:30pm
62) [hide]transistor[/hide]
66) [hide]one[/hide]?
67) [hide]fibre[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 14th, 2007, 11:45am
69) sudden (       ) blow
70) power (       ) dying
71) baby (       ) well
72) sun (       ) gent
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Aryabhatta on Apr 14th, 2007, 1:18pm

on 04/14/07 at 11:45:39, ThudanBlunder wrote:
69) sudden (       ) blow
70) power (       ) dying
71) baby (       ) well
72) sun (       ) gent


69) sudden [hide] death [/hide] blow
70)
71) baby [hide] oil [/hide] well
72) sun [hide] tan [/hide] gent
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 14th, 2007, 2:31pm
Correct, Aryabhatta.


on 03/26/07 at 14:30:32, ThudanBlunder wrote:
62) [hide]transistor[/hide]
66) [hide]one[/hide]?
67) [hide]fibre[/hide]?

towr, you haven't marked my feeble attempts.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Apr 15th, 2007, 7:41am

on 04/14/07 at 14:31:13, ThudanBlunder wrote:
towr, you haven't marked my feeble attempts.
Ah, yes..
Well, none of those are the ones I was looking for.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 15th, 2007, 8:02am

on 04/15/07 at 07:41:42, towr wrote:
Ah, yes..
Well, none of those are the ones I was looking for.

For 66), if not 'radio (transistor) radio' you were looking for the wrong one surely?       :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Apr 15th, 2007, 9:25am

on 04/15/07 at 08:02:57, ThudanBlunder wrote:
For 66), if not 'radio (transistor) radio' you were looking for the wrong one surely?       :)
heh, possibly :P
As a hint to that one, [hide]it's a hobby and its practitioner[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 15th, 2007, 10:16am

on 04/15/07 at 09:25:08, towr wrote:
heh, possibly :P
As a hint to that one, [hide]it's a hobby and its practitioner[/hide]

Got it now.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Icarus on Apr 15th, 2007, 6:33pm
Now that isn't kosher!
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 21st, 2007, 1:18pm
70) power (       ) dying

73) knock (       ) source
74) healing (       ) paper
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Slartibartfast on Apr 21st, 2007, 3:01pm
73)[hide]out[/hide]
74)[hide]news?[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Icarus on Apr 21st, 2007, 4:12pm
74) [hide]draft[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 21st, 2007, 4:55pm

on 04/21/07 at 16:12:00, Icarus wrote:
74) [hide]draft[/hide]

Seems OK, but not what I was expecting.


on 04/21/07 at 15:01:42, Slartibartfast wrote:
73)[hide]out[/hide]
74)[hide]news?[/hide]

Healing news?  
First is OK.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Apr 21st, 2007, 6:04pm
74) [hide]pad[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 21st, 2007, 6:07pm

on 04/21/07 at 18:04:02, denis wrote:
74) [hide]pad[/hide]

Nope. Pad paper?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Apr 21st, 2007, 6:26pm
We use the expression here bit it's likely not widely used (judging from your response).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Apr 22nd, 2007, 7:02pm
74) [hide]Toilet[/hide]  ;D
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 22nd, 2007, 7:11pm
had healing [hide] touch[/hide] paper in mind.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 23rd, 2007, 2:52am

on 04/22/07 at 19:11:55, Noke Lieu wrote:
had healing [hide] touch[/hide] paper in mind.

Yep, so we are left with 70) power (  ) dying
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Apr 23rd, 2007, 3:21am
70) [hide]tie[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 23rd, 2007, 5:58am

on 04/23/07 at 03:21:58, Ulkesh wrote:
70) [hide]tie[/hide]

Nope, off the top of my head I can't see how that fits either of them.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Apr 23rd, 2007, 6:19am

on 04/23/07 at 05:58:07, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Nope, off the top of my head I can't see how that fits either of them.


The spelling's not quite right for the second one I suppose, but the first definitely fits.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 23rd, 2007, 6:48am

on 04/23/07 at 06:19:07, Ulkesh wrote:
but the first definitely fits.

I see. (But I find the whole idea rather ridiculous. Why should a length of cloth flapping about in the wind convey power and authority?)  
;)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 29th, 2007, 4:43pm
70) power (  ) dying

75) liquid (       ) stone
76) some (       ) language
77) wash (       ) reach
78) pan (       ) out
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JiNbOtAk on Apr 30th, 2007, 3:50am
76) [hide]body[/hide]
77) [hide]out[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 30th, 2007, 4:02am

on 04/30/07 at 03:50:50, JiNbOtAk wrote:
76) [hide]body[/hide]
77) [hide]out[/hide]

Yes
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Apr 30th, 2007, 5:14am
75) [hide]head[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 30th, 2007, 5:17am

on 04/30/07 at 05:14:50, BNC wrote:
75) [hide]head[/hide]?

What's a liquid head?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by JohanC on Apr 30th, 2007, 5:48am
75) [hide]lime[/hide]?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Apr 30th, 2007, 5:52am

on 04/30/07 at 05:17:24, ThudanBlunder wrote:
What's a liquid head?
It's what you get when you put your head in a blender ;)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Apr 30th, 2007, 5:53am
75: [hide]soap[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 30th, 2007, 5:57am

on 04/30/07 at 05:53:17, towr wrote:
75: [hide]soap[/hide]

Yep.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by BNC on Apr 30th, 2007, 6:37am

on 04/30/07 at 05:17:24, ThudanBlunder wrote:
What's a liquid head?


Not really sure... a google search returns a number of papers / patents with this phrase. It seems it is either the "core" of liquid formation in a gas-liquid mixture, or the tip of the liquid above a solid barrier.

But as I said, I'm not sure.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Apr 30th, 2007, 7:19am
70) power ([hide]un    [/hide]??) dying

[e]70) power ([hide]tie  [/hide]) dying[/e]

[e2]Nope, someone's tried that one already...[/e2]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by azalia on Apr 30th, 2007, 7:22am
power ([hide]ed[/hide]) dying
or
power ([hide]assisted[/hide]) dying

pan ([hide]balance[/hide]) out
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 30th, 2007, 7:39am

on 04/30/07 at 07:22:30, azalia wrote:
power ([hide]ed[/hide]) dying
or
power ([hide]assisted[/hide]) dying

I had the second one in mind (in fact, I was going to drop a hint by offering assistance for this one) but the first one looks just as good.


Quote:
pan ([hide]balance[/hide]) out

Looks good, but was thinking of another one.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Apr 30th, 2007, 2:18pm
pan([hide]t[/hide])out :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 30th, 2007, 2:28pm

on 04/30/07 at 14:18:05, Three Hands wrote:
pan([hide]t[/hide])out :P

Hmm..., I have just realized that 'ed' is not a word and is therefore inadmissible for 70).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by azalia on Apr 30th, 2007, 3:28pm
The American Heritage Dictionary lists ed as an informal noun, as in drivers' ed, op-ed
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 30th, 2007, 3:40pm

on 04/30/07 at 15:28:25, azalia wrote:
The American Heritage Dictionary lists ed as an informal noun, as in drivers' ed, op-ed

Well, I think the idea with these questions is that the answers should be common words, otherwise all sorts of answers are possible.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Slartibartfast on May 4th, 2007, 6:07pm
78 )[hide]Fried[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Product on May 22nd, 2007, 9:51am
78) pan ([hide]bottom[/hide]) out
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on May 22nd, 2007, 10:01am

on 05/22/07 at 09:51:50, Product wrote:
78) pan ([hide]bottom[/hide]) out

Nope, but here's a hint: the first is one word and the second is usually two words.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on May 22nd, 2007, 12:20pm
pan [hide] try [/hide] out
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on May 22nd, 2007, 2:19pm

on 05/22/07 at 12:20:32, Sameer wrote:
pan [hide] try [/hide] out

That's it.   :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 7th, 2007, 5:00pm
79) can (       ) sure
80) down (       ) thing
81) garden (       ) fold
82) spar (       ) boat
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Grimbal on Jul 8th, 2007, 4:07am
80) down ( [hide]right[/hide] ) thing
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 8th, 2007, 4:30am

on 07/08/07 at 04:07:49, Grimbal wrote:
80) down ( [hide]right[/hide] ) thing

:)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Grimbal on Jul 8th, 2007, 4:51am
79) can ( [hide]not[/hide] ) sure  (maybe not possible  ;D)
82) spar ( [hide]row[/hide] ) boat
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Jul 8th, 2007, 6:35am
81) garden ([hide]path[/hide]) fold?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 8th, 2007, 4:16pm

on 07/08/07 at 04:51:45, Grimbal wrote:
79) can ( [hide]not[/hide] ) sure  
82) spar ( [hide]row[/hide] ) boat

79) http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/largetimes.gif
82) http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/surd.gif


on 07/08/07 at 06:35:25, Three Hands wrote:
81) garden ([hide]path[/hide]) fold?

81) http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/largetimes.gif
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 14th, 2007, 1:30pm
garden [hide] variety [/hide] fold ?

the can ? sure seems hard.. need clue...
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 14th, 2007, 2:52pm

on 07/14/07 at 13:30:38, Sameer wrote:
garden [hide] variety [/hide] fold ?

the can ? sure seems hard.. need clue...

What is variety fold?   ???

For 79), the answer forms two words (not phrases). Hope that helps.

82) hub (       ) tan
83) waste (       ) round
84) caught (       ) bread
85) fruit (       ) line
-----------------------------
79) can (       ) sure
81) garden (       ) fold

Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Ulkesh on Jul 15th, 2007, 12:31am
84) [hide]short[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 15th, 2007, 3:39am

on 07/15/07 at 00:31:06, Ulkesh wrote:
84) [hide]short[/hide]


http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/surd.gif
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Jul 15th, 2007, 7:18am
83)[hide]paper[/hide]
85)[hide]tree[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 15th, 2007, 7:59am

on 07/15/07 at 07:18:01, Three Hands wrote:
83)[hide]paper[/hide]
85)[hide]tree[/hide]

83) http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/surd.gif
85) Looks just as good as the intended answer (which has five letters)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Jul 21st, 2007, 8:36am
79 [hide]ton[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 21st, 2007, 10:57am

on 07/21/07 at 08:36:42, denis wrote:
79 [hide]ton[/hide]

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/surd.gif  :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 21st, 2007, 11:00am
what is [hide]ton[/hide] sure?

For you earlier question, it felt like i had heard "variety fold" used in conversations so ... but I could not find anything on the web.. maybe it s a slang...
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Jul 21st, 2007, 12:02pm

on 07/21/07 at 11:00:44, Sameer wrote:
what is [hide]ton[/hide] sure?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsure
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 21st, 2007, 12:18pm
Interesting..

82) hub [hide] cap [/hide] tan
85) fruit [hide] salad [/hide] line
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 21st, 2007, 1:00pm

on 07/21/07 at 12:18:59, Sameer wrote:
82) hub [hide] cap [/hide] tan
85) fruit [hide] salad [/hide] line

82) What is 'captan'?   ::)

85) Dammit, I have forgotten the answer. :-[ I will try to remember.
But it wasn't 'salad line' (whatever that may be), as I have never heard of it.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 21st, 2007, 1:03pm

on 07/21/07 at 13:00:29, ThudanBlunder wrote:
82) What is 'captan'?   ::)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captan




Quote:
85) Dammit, I have forgotten the answer. :-[ I will try to remember.
But it wasn't 'salad line' (whatever that may be), as I have never heard of it.


Haha its when you go to a restaurant/market to get some salad and there is a line  :P

On similar thoughts how about
fruit [hide] stall [/hide] line
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 21st, 2007, 1:22pm

on 07/21/07 at 13:03:26, Sameer wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captan

Ah, silly me, the well-known general use pesticide (GUP) that belongs to the phthalimide class of fungicides.   ::)
[hide]Actually, if you add one letter you will get the intended answer.[/hide]

Stall line? Right, 858 hits on Google. Many misspelled words have more hits than that.   :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Jul 21st, 2007, 3:34pm
[hide]Like capS?[/hide] :P

I'll credit that one to Sameer, though...
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by FiBsTeR on Jul 21st, 2007, 3:52pm

on 07/21/07 at 13:00:29, ThudanBlunder wrote:
85) Dammit, I have forgotten the answer. :-[ I will try to remember.
But it wasn't 'salad line' (whatever that may be), as I have never heard of it.

Noobz...  ::)
85) Fruit [hide]punch[/hide] line
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 21st, 2007, 4:36pm

on 07/21/07 at 15:52:45, FiBsTeR wrote:
Noobz...  ::)
85) Fruit [hide]punch[/hide] line

Yeah, that was it, FiBsTer. You saved my bacon.
N00bz, huh?   :o
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by FiBsTeR on Jul 21st, 2007, 6:55pm
;D In reality, I got absurdedly lucky as I was quite thirsty at the time I posted...  :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 21st, 2007, 6:57pm

on 07/21/07 at 13:22:38, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Ah, silly me, the well-known general use pesticide (GUP) that belongs to the phthalimide class of fungicides.   ::)

Haha that one I just searched on wiki after the previous answer and i got a hit so went ahead


Quote:
Stall line? Right, 858 hits on Google. Many misspelled words have more hits than that.   :P


Apparently I am the only one who has to stand in all kinds of line!!  ::)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by FiBsTeR on Jul 21st, 2007, 7:04pm

on 07/21/07 at 13:22:38, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Stall line? Right, 858 hits on Google.


Now it's 923! An increase of 65 hits in a matter of a little over 6 hours? Pretty soon, it'll be quite common!
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 21st, 2007, 7:28pm

on 07/21/07 at 19:04:50, FiBsTeR wrote:
Now it's 923! An increase of 65 hits in a matter of a little over 6 hours? Pretty soon, it'll be quite common!

We get 904 in these here parts. Anyway, looks like Sameer has started a craze.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 21st, 2007, 10:09pm

on 07/21/07 at 19:28:02, ThudanBlunder wrote:
We get 904 in these here parts. Anyway, looks like Sameer has started a craze.



Oh Yea Baby!!! Look now!!
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 22nd, 2007, 1:44am
hahaha, i only have 100,000 less. Any more unsolved ones? i like these, got most of them without the answers.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 22nd, 2007, 5:16am

on 07/22/07 at 01:44:14, mikedagr8 wrote:
hahaha, i only have 100,000 less.

You should search for 'stall line', not 'stall' or 'line'.


on 07/22/07 at 01:44:14, mikedagr8 wrote:
Any more unsolved ones?i like these, got most of them without the answers.

For mikedagr8 only: missing (       ) age

It is a great loss for the forum that most of your correct answers go unposted.   :'(
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 22nd, 2007, 3:05pm
missing [hide]link[/hide] age?

im not sure but thats all i got in the ten seconds i looked at it.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 22nd, 2007, 3:40pm

on 07/22/07 at 15:05:31, mikedagr8 wrote:
missing [hide]link[/hide] age?
.

Correct.
mike (      ) up
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Jul 22nd, 2007, 3:57pm
mike [hide]stand[/hide] up ?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 22nd, 2007, 4:09pm

on 07/22/07 at 15:57:05, denis wrote:
mike [hide]stand[/hide] up ?

Yeah, but that was for mikey when he could spare another ten seconds of his valuable time.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 22nd, 2007, 4:53pm
Another one for mike.. and given his age.. should be easy one.. maybe not.. ::)

dagger ( ) down
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 23rd, 2007, 1:34am
I had school, was just checking emails. The reason my answers weren't posted, is because either i was beaten to them, or i hadn't joined. Also, i just read through the 10 pages of posts and took a quick stab, nothing to hard to do. Also give everyone else a chance, don't just create for me...

seems as though 81 garden ( ) fold hasn't been solved, so im going to take a stab at [hide]centre[/hide]
real easy one here

walking ( ) shift
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 23rd, 2007, 3:09am

on 07/23/07 at 01:34:24, mikedagr8 wrote:
[hide]centre[/hide]

That's right. But how come you know about centrefolds?  :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 23rd, 2007, 3:39am
hahaha, just because i am young, doesn't mean i don't know.  8) Was that unsolved?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 23rd, 2007, 6:07am

on 07/23/07 at 03:39:26, mikedagr8 wrote:
Was that unsolved?

Yes, it was waiting for a young teenager of your experience to come along.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Jul 23rd, 2007, 6:20am

on 07/23/07 at 01:34:24, mikedagr8 wrote:
real easy one here

walking ( ) shift

[hide]Stick   [/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 23rd, 2007, 4:05pm
Apparently the one I posted either got buried or was too hard?  ::) Just to make it easy let me repost it!! And I will then concede the control to T&B  8)

Original: dagger ( ) down
Modified: dagger ( ) out
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 23rd, 2007, 5:00pm

on 07/23/07 at 16:05:52, Sameer wrote:
Apparently the one I posted either got buried or was too hard?  ::) Just to make it easy let me repost it!! And I will then concede the control to T&B  8)

Original: dagger ( ) down
Modified: dagger ( ) out

Seen two, seen them all.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 23rd, 2007, 7:45pm

on 07/23/07 at 17:00:29, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Seen two, seen them all.

eh?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 23rd, 2007, 8:42pm

on 07/23/07 at 19:45:49, Sameer wrote:
eh?

I was referring to the answer to your puzzle.  
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 23rd, 2007, 8:55pm
Three Hands
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Jul 24th, 2007, 6:07am
OK, that was weird...

[hide]"drawn" is the answer that sprung to mind immediately for me, although I reckon "throw" could work pretty well also[/hide]

Wonder if this will work the way it should normally this time...
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 24th, 2007, 6:59am
tits
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Jul 24th, 2007, 7:10am
blue (  ) mouse
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by FiBsTeR on Jul 24th, 2007, 7:27am

on 07/24/07 at 07:10:37, towr wrote:
blue (  ) mouse


[hide] Cheese? Computer? Water?[/hide]

EDIT: Odd, is anyone here seeing that there's a blank 12th page to this thread?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Jul 24th, 2007, 7:58am

on 07/24/07 at 07:27:41, FiBsTeR wrote:
[hide] Cheese? Computer? Water?[/hide]
Not what I had in mind. And they don't seem to fit too well.


Quote:
EDIT: Odd, is anyone here seeing that there's a blank 12th page to this thread?
Yes, it's related to forum problems earlier in the day. It seems like the thread thinks there are more posts than there are (because earlier when you posted it wouldn't show up, but possibly did increase the count for the number of posts).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Jul 24th, 2007, 8:18am

on 07/24/07 at 06:59:37, ThudanBlunder wrote:
tits
Here's some great tits (http://www.digital-nature-photography.com/nature/voegel/great-tit-photos.php) ::)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 24th, 2007, 9:13am

on 07/24/07 at 08:18:00, towr wrote:
Here's some great tits (http://www.digital-nature-photography.com/nature/voegel/great-tit-photos.php) ::)


on 07/24/07 at 08:18:00, towr wrote:
Here's some great tits (http://www.digital-nature-photography.com/nature/voegel/great-tit-photos.php) ::)

I wasn't testing or trying to excite mike; that was my answer to dagger (       ) out   :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 24th, 2007, 10:28am

on 07/23/07 at 20:42:09, ThudanBlunder wrote:
I was referring to the answer to your puzzle.  



Ok what is going on? My response to this post is gone.. instead I have a post that says "Three Hands" ... omg the forum is haunted ..  :o

Anyways I mentioned... that the two words that will be formed are related to each other... you probably will have to think 1990s .. and the word is made of 4 letters..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 24th, 2007, 10:38am

on 07/24/07 at 10:28:26, Sameer wrote:
...and the word is made of 4 letters..

Duh, so the answer is not [hide]tits[/hide]?

Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 24th, 2007, 10:50am

on 07/24/07 at 10:38:49, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Duh, so the answer is not [hide]tits[/hide]?

nope...  8) haha but it still fits.. nice.. i have something else in mind though...
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 24th, 2007, 11:21am

on 07/24/07 at 10:50:06, Sameer wrote:
nope...  

Dagger[hide](fall)[/hide]out?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 24th, 2007, 11:27am

on 07/24/07 at 11:21:52, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Dagger[hide](fall)[/hide]out?


Yes!!!  8)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Jul 24th, 2007, 11:33am

on 07/24/07 at 11:27:29, Sameer wrote:
Yes!!!  8)

I agree he is more likely to have played (with) your answer than mine.   ;)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 24th, 2007, 2:32pm
Thanks, now lets try and not keep this forum about me, i do like the attention though  ::)  Is it fixed yet, because the forum was so severely stuffed last night it was ridiculous.

And i was thinking stand not fall, which fits into both fine, just not sure if a dagger stand is a common term. ::)

P.S. Yay its working now!
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Jul 24th, 2007, 4:05pm
Just google daggerfall and fallout and you will realize why I directed it to you!!  :P. Btw I had spent hours on daggerfall when it came out and now the time is taken up by its latest version..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Three Hands on Jul 25th, 2007, 6:48am

on 07/24/07 at 10:28:26, Sameer wrote:
Ok what is going on? My response to this post is gone.. instead I have a post that says "Three Hands" ... omg the forum is haunted ..  :o


Yeah, that happened shortly before I posted my response - the first time I tried to post. No idea how it my efforts resulted in that, though...

Still, I believe either of my efforts fit (to a certain extent), just maybe not what you were looking for...
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 31st, 2007, 3:29am
ThudanBlunder, do you want to resume this thread? It's good, very fun to solve.

Here's a kick starter...

left ( ) skirt

Also towr's

blue ( ) mouse = [hide]house, not common but it fits[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Aug 7th, 2007, 7:27am
Blue ([hide]Christmas[/hide]) Mouse
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 7th, 2007, 1:36pm

on 07/31/07 at 03:29:20, mikedagr8 wrote:
Also towr's

blue ( ) mouse = [hide]house, not common but it fits[/hide]

Mike, have you tried [hide]tit[/hide] yet?   ::)


on 08/07/07 at 07:27:29, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Blue ([hide]Christmas[/hide]) Mouse

Blue Christmas?
If we admit names of songs, etc. then anything goes. Such as Blue Harvest.

What is a Christmas mouse?

And obviously spamanq's post ought to be deleted.
Edit: But evidently not by Icarus, whom I just saw lurking! :o  


on 07/31/07 at 03:29:20, mikedagr8 wrote:
Here's a kick starter...

left ( ) skirt

Left, the hand that never gets laid?   ::)
Or left [hide](pleated)[/hide] skirt
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Aug 8th, 2007, 12:26am

on 08/07/07 at 13:36:53, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Mike, have you tried [hide]tit[/hide] yet?   ::)
Yup, that's the one.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 8th, 2007, 2:30am
OMFG my post got deleted, WTF incorrect.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Aug 8th, 2007, 2:49am

on 08/08/07 at 02:30:20, mikedagr8 wrote:
OMFG my post got deleted
Maybe the forum is acting glitchy again; at least I didn't do it.
It's not a good sign if posts randomly start disappearing, so let me know if you notice it happening more..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 8th, 2007, 2:52am
Will do.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Aug 8th, 2007, 9:17am

on 08/07/07 at 13:36:53, ThudanBlunder wrote:
What is a Christmas mouse?

http://www.members.tripod.com/vcards-aruba/e-christmas-mouse.gif

:P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Aug 8th, 2007, 10:04am

on 08/08/07 at 09:17:31, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
http://www.members.tripod.com/vcards-aruba/e-christmas-mouse.gif
Tripod doesn't allow directly displaying images on their servers elsewhere; I only get a "this image is hosted by tripod" picture (because I don't have the image in cache).
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by SMQ on Aug 8th, 2007, 10:08am

on 08/08/07 at 02:49:47, towr wrote:
It's not a good sign if posts randomly start disappearing, so let me know if you notice it happening more..

I think this thread may still be a bit ... off.  For instance I'm now seeing a page 13 with no posts.  I would guess that the deleting of the above-mentioned spam post had some sort of unintended side effect on mikedagr8's post, caused by this thread being out-of-whack.  But that's just a guess.

--SMQ
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 8th, 2007, 10:20am

on 08/08/07 at 10:04:05, towr wrote:
Tripod doesn't allow directly displaying images on their servers elsewhere; I only get a "this image is hosted by tripod" picture (because I don't have the image in cache).

I can see the image OK.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Aug 8th, 2007, 10:21am

on 08/08/07 at 10:08:11, SMQ wrote:
I think this thread may still be a bit ... off.  For instance I'm now seeing a page 13 with no posts.  I would guess that the deleting of the above-mentioned spam post had some sort of unintended side effect on mikedagr8's post, caused by this thread being out-of-whack.  But that's just a guess.

You might be right.
Perhaps we should retire this thread and start a new one if people want to continue.


on 08/08/07 at 10:20:30, ThudanBlunder wrote:
I can see the image OK.
Odd..
Maybe your browser doesn't pass the referrer header, in which case they wouldn't know you requested the image for another page from a different server..
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Aug 8th, 2007, 10:38am
Yea I don't see the image either.. I am using firefox.. that's why?

Edit: Right, I can't see in IE either just like denis.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Aug 8th, 2007, 10:43am
I don't see the image in either firefox or IE.

Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 8th, 2007, 11:39pm
I see the images, but the thread is still stuffed with a 13th page but no actual posts. Remake thread?

P.S. left ( ) skirt is still unsolved.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 9th, 2007, 12:39am

on 08/08/07 at 23:39:52, mikedagr8 wrote:
P.S. left ( ) skirt is still unsolved.

Left [hide]over[/hide] skirt?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 9th, 2007, 12:42am
Still not what i had in mind.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Aug 9th, 2007, 8:43am
Left [hide]out   [/hide] skirt
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 9th, 2007, 9:29am

on 08/09/07 at 08:43:45, rmsgrey wrote:
Left [hide]out   [/hide] skirt

But [hide]outskirts[/hide] is a plural noun.
Are you aware of any prose (outside of a dictionary or a Vogon anthology) wherein can be found the singular?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 13th, 2007, 2:21am
out is correct, and i have heard it used (No comment available at present time). Also this thread is still stuffed up.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 13th, 2007, 3:09am

on 08/13/07 at 02:21:39, mikedagr8 wrote:
out is correct, and i have heard it used (No comment available at present time). Also this thread is still stuffed up.

Yeah, I reckon villages out in the bush don't have more than one.   :)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 13th, 2007, 3:50am
Forum is not working, i recieved 2 updates but only 1 post is visual. I suggest restarting the thread ThudanBlunder.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Aug 13th, 2007, 4:02am

on 08/13/07 at 03:50:21, mikedagr8 wrote:
Forum is not working, i recieved 2 updates but only 1 post is visual.
Quite possibly someone deleted and reposted his reply, rather than editing it.

(Also, we're finally actually on the 13th page now)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 13th, 2007, 4:05am
Yay, working partially now. Probably someone did delete their post towr. Anymore unsolved links TB?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:41am

on 08/13/07 at 04:05:19, mikedagr8 wrote:
Anymore unsolved links TB?

83) equal (       ) master
84) whip (       ) some
85) think (       ) top
86) sleeping (       ) boy
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Aug 22nd, 2007, 9:00am
85) [hide]tank[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 22nd, 2007, 9:16am

on 08/22/07 at 09:00:49, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
85) [hide]tank[/hide]

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/surd.gif
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by denis on Aug 22nd, 2007, 9:19am
86) [hide]bag[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Aug 22nd, 2007, 9:23am
83) equal ([hide] sign [/hide]) master
84) whip ([hide] hand [/hide]) some ??
86) sleeping ([hide] bag [/hide]) boy
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 22nd, 2007, 11:41am

on 08/22/07 at 09:23:13, Sameer wrote:
83) equal ([hide] sign [/hide]) master
84) whip ([hide] hand [/hide]) some ??
86) sleeping ([hide] bag [/hide]) boy

83) X
84) http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/surd.gif
85) X
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Aug 22nd, 2007, 1:43pm
Ok I didn't know if you were thinking this  ::)

86) sleeping ( [hide] pillow [/hide] ) boy
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 23rd, 2007, 12:24am

on 08/22/07 at 13:43:36, Sameer wrote:
86) sleeping ( [hide] pillow [/hide] ) boy

Pillow boy? Hmm...I don't think so.  
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 23rd, 2007, 1:20am
86) sleeping ( [hide]cap[/hide] ) boy  ??
86) sleeping ( [hide]pill[/hide] ) boy  ??
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 23rd, 2007, 11:37am

on 08/23/07 at 01:20:07, mikedagr8 wrote:
86) sleeping ( [hide]cap[/hide] ) boy  ??

Close.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 23rd, 2007, 2:29pm
It's at it again.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 23rd, 2007, 2:52pm

on 08/23/07 at 14:29:34, mikedagr8 wrote:
It's at it again.

Yeah, it seems to happen when there are too many incomprehensible answers on one page.   :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 23rd, 2007, 5:46pm
Only 5 incorrect responses, its not that bad.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 23rd, 2007, 6:09pm

on 08/23/07 at 17:46:43, mikedagr8 wrote:
Only 5 incorrect responses, its not that bad.

But your last two answers are not even wrong!   ::)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 23rd, 2007, 6:25pm
But there not correct, so ill go drug and headcovering  ::)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Sameer on Aug 23rd, 2007, 10:15pm
Maybe we should split this thread and lock the original one!!!

Btw here's my try..

sleeping ([hide] hat [/hide]) boy
equal ([hide] head [/hide]) master
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 24th, 2007, 1:39am

on 08/23/07 at 22:15:10, Sameer wrote:
Maybe we should split this thread and lock the original one!!!

Why? It's hardly a big problem.


on 08/23/07 at 22:15:10, Sameer wrote:
sleeping ([hide] hat [/hide]) boy
equal ([hide] head [/hide]) master

Nope.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 24th, 2007, 4:42am

on 08/23/07 at 22:15:10, Sameer wrote:
Maybe we should split this thread and lock the original one!!!


I got to agree here, it's annoying, also was i close in the idea of cap is the word related or is it the letters itself. E.g. is it closer to capsule an unrelated object, or a beanie?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 24th, 2007, 4:52am

on 08/24/07 at 04:42:57, mikedagr8 wrote:
it's annoying,

Gee, all that is required is a tiny tweak of your pinkie.


on 08/24/07 at 04:42:57, mikedagr8 wrote:
so was i close in the idea of cap is the word related or is the the letters itself.

The latter.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 24th, 2007, 4:57am
Well, my little pinky is infected and all numb, so not much good there. How many letters is the desired answer, that ought to narrow it down.

Capsule?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 24th, 2007, 5:24am

on 08/24/07 at 04:57:50, mikedagr8 wrote:
How many letters is the desired answer, that ought to narrow it down.

Indeed it does, being the total number of brain cells possessed by George Bush.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 24th, 2007, 5:28am
So less than zero? How is that possible? I mean the only word I know with less than zero letters is "?"
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 24th, 2007, 5:51am
cape?
capt./captain? - Guessing this is the correct answer.

Oh look, an actual page 14 with a response.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 24th, 2007, 6:16am

on 08/24/07 at 05:28:10, mikedagr8 wrote:
So less than zero? How is that possible?

How about http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/i.gif?


on 08/24/07 at 05:51:55, mikedagr8 wrote:
cape?
capt./captain? -

I said George Bush, not Forrest Gump.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 24th, 2007, 6:22am

on 08/24/07 at 06:16:35, ThudanBlunder wrote:
How about http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/i.gif?

I said George Bush, not Forrest Gump.


Haha, I'll take that as a no.

Also, 'i' is a letter and a word is it not, so I don't accept it.

Good call on Gump though, I love that movie.

"I need to pee..."  ::) LOL
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 24th, 2007, 6:26am

on 08/24/07 at 06:22:57, mikedagr8 wrote:
Also, 'i' is a letter and a word is it not, so I don't accept it.

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/i.gif as in http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/surd.gif-1
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 24th, 2007, 6:30am
Yes I understand what it represents. Hehe, on a semi unrelated topic, we got an answer when doing indices of root -2, I screamed out "e", my teacher responds its i, and i have the awesome call of 2i makes e.  :P

Well, I thought it was good.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 27th, 2007, 4:20am
83: [hide]shock or serve[/hide] ?
86: [hide]quarters[/hide]? hahaha
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 27th, 2007, 4:39am

on 08/27/07 at 04:20:27, mikedagr8 wrote:
hahaha

I agree that those two answers were laughable.   :P

[hide]Both missing words have only three letters.[/hide]
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 27th, 2007, 4:47am
So you did answer my request in the end, and so it there are similar letters to cap for one of them, this should make it easier, Thanks.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 27th, 2007, 4:55am
86: [hide]tom[/hide]? Although I think it needs the first word to be changed to fit perfectly.
86: [hide]cat[/hide]

Looks like I won't be the one to solve this. It'll be solved when i get up I bet. I hate timezones severely.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 27th, 2007, 5:33am

on 08/27/07 at 04:47:07, mikedagr8 wrote:
So you did answer my request in the end, and so it there are similar letters to cap for one of them, this should make it easier, Thanks.

Sorry, perhaps I deciphered your question wrongly:


Quote:
...also was i close in the idea of cap is the word related or is it the letters itself.



on 08/27/07 at 04:55:37, mikedagr8 wrote:
86: [hide]cat[/hide]

Nope.


on 08/27/07 at 04:55:37, mikedagr8 wrote:
86: [hide]tom[/hide]? Although I think it needs the first word to be changed to fit perfectly.

I'll pull a few strings and see what I can do.   ::)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 31st, 2007, 1:59am
86 : [hide]sea[/hide] ?

Better now.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 31st, 2007, 5:20am

on 08/31/07 at 01:59:25, mikedagr8 wrote:
86 : [hide]sea[/hide] ?

Sleeping sea?? Sea boy?? Nope.
Please post your answers in situ.


on 08/31/07 at 01:59:25, mikedagr8 wrote:
Better now.

I didn't know you were ill.   ::)
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Aug 31st, 2007, 5:23am
I was, why do you think I was here during working hours in my timezone?

I had it in a quote, not hidden.

in situ? What do you mean in this circumstance?

Also I meant it as a joke, in that boy was changed to bouy. I still have no clue as to what the answer is  :(.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 31st, 2007, 5:44am

on 08/31/07 at 05:23:53, mikedagr8 wrote:
in situ? What do you mean in this circumstance?

Like: sleeping (sea) boy
That way, everybody can understand and enjoy your answers, haha.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Aug 31st, 2007, 7:29am
An easier one:

87) Sitting (    ) Blind
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Aug 31st, 2007, 9:03am
87) Sitting ([hide]pretty[/hide]) Blind?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 5th, 2007, 5:17am
sleeping ([hide]top[/hide]) boy. That's it, I'm all out, time to get proffesional help from school if this isn't correct.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 5th, 2007, 5:32am

on 09/05/07 at 05:17:12, mikedagr8 wrote:
sleeping ([hide]top[/hide]) boy. That's it, I'm all out, time to get proffesional help from school if this isn't correct.

Hint:[hide]Boy forms one word[/hide], which you probably haven't heard of.   :P
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 5th, 2007, 5:34am

on 09/05/07 at 05:32:15, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Hint:[hide]Boy forms one word[/hide], which you probably haven't heard of.   :P

???
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by rmsgrey on Sep 5th, 2007, 8:10am

on 09/05/07 at 05:32:15, ThudanBlunder wrote:
Hint:[hide]Boy forms one word[/hide], which you probably haven't heard of.   :P


Sleeping [hide]car[/hide] boy
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 5th, 2007, 8:14am

on 09/05/07 at 08:10:34, rmsgrey wrote:
Sleeping [hide]car[/hide] boy

Finally!
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Aurora on Sep 5th, 2007, 8:36am

on 08/24/07 at 05:51:55, mikedagr8 wrote:
Oh look, an actual page 14 with a response.


I guess a blank page 15 is supposed to make up for it! ;D
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Sep 5th, 2007, 10:44am

on 08/31/07 at 09:03:08, ThudanBlunder wrote:
87) Sitting ([hide]pretty[/hide]) Blind?

Pretty blind?  Not what I intended.  The second part is an object.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 5th, 2007, 2:42pm

on 09/05/07 at 08:10:34, rmsgrey wrote:
Sleeping [hide]car[/hide] boy


Nope, never heard.


Quote:
I guess a blank page 15 is supposed to make up for it!

Hopefully with this, we'll get a page 15, it should be.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Sep 5th, 2007, 2:45pm

on 09/05/07 at 14:42:28, mikedagr8 wrote:
Hopefully with this, we'll get a page 15, it should be.
One more post after this one is needed to actually get on page 15
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 5th, 2007, 2:47pm
Gotcha, isn't it 24 posts a page?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by ThudanBlunder on Sep 5th, 2007, 2:52pm

on 09/05/07 at 10:44:20, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
The second part is an object.

And it's 'blind', not 'blinds'?
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Sep 5th, 2007, 2:52pm

on 09/05/07 at 14:47:26, mikedagr8 wrote:
Gotcha, isn't it 24 posts a page?
It's 25. Every page starts with a multiple of 25.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by mikedagr8 on Sep 5th, 2007, 2:53pm
Ahhh, which is why when Grimbal posted the 25th post, he said welcome to page two. Alrighty then.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Sep 5th, 2007, 6:33pm

on 09/05/07 at 14:52:30, ThudanBlunder wrote:
And it's 'blind', not 'blinds'?

It is usually used in the singular form "____ blind" but if you happened upon several of them you could call them blinds.

By the way, 350 is an unbelievably high number of posts for one topic.
Title: Re: Missing Link
Post by towr on Sep 6th, 2007, 12:54am
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