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Stiv

5:06 AM

@Jafe This could also be ES, EST or ETES in French. No idea whether Monagasque differs in those areas...

Jafe

ah good point

EST would be "is", though, right?

so it would be "tons of (american?)" around and plus ES/ETES, for a word meaning (american?) weapons

not actually sure what the and would be doing there... AND+ES is already 5 letters so it doesn't leave enough for the rest

maybe and is the connector and "around" is the def?

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Stiv

6:56 AM

@Jafe What, you mean you don't say 'he are'?! (Yes, you're totally right, oops!)

'Tons' could either be two T's, or we could be looking for a word meaning 'tons of' in US slang, the equivalent of 'lots' or 'loads' or whatever they say over the pond :)

e.g. the equivalent of PI(ES)LES, if PIESLES meant 'weapons'

Jafe

7:32 AM

in the words of frank zappa, you are what you is

yeah still not convinced the "and" makes sense in that case... "around and X, Y" for inserting X into Y is a bit weird

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AncientSwordRage

10:23 AM

@Stiv sono, sie and siamo in Italian right?

@Stiv in terms of money, a Ton is £1000

So G, M, K might ask be on the table

AncientSwordRage

10:38 AM

VLQ/NAA: puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/116117/9316

@bobble ^ in case it goes unnoticed until later

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Sphinx

4:06 PM

Q: How to solve if someone is a sister-in-law of someone?

"X % Y " means "X is father of Y". "X = Y " means "X is daughter of Y". "X + Y " means "X is son of Y". "X ÷ Y " means "X is wife of Y". C=D÷F?H÷J. What should come in place of '?' in the expression, if C is sister-in-law of J?

AncientSwordRage

4:44 PM

What's the opposite of being nerd sniped?

When you get completely caught up making a puzzle/riddle etc?

Sphinx

4:56 PM

Q: Three people sit down for a meal in France, who is the time traveller?

As the time traveller and the two others sit down at a table to eat and drink, they discuss who they are (but without giving their names). Then one of the three says, "We are all..." And pauses, before continuing "Let's make this a game, you'll have to guess the word I'm thinking of. Here are thr...