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Mike Q

5:00 AM

500. ...

Eric Tressler

is 500 FORTUNE

Mike Q

500 yep

Eric Tressler

I guess I will have to pass 16, it's been around too long.

Pass 16

quartata

FORGER

Sid

Yup. Of White Collar TV Series

Eric Tressler

5:01 AM

Wait, that sounds familiar; what is it from?

Oh, okay. I've seen that

Eric is defending FORE

quartata

200 dies FORTUNA

300: -not Intel

Mike Q

61. Result of a DFS

John Dvorak

70 Face to palm

quartata

c61

phenomist

71: Market for strategy game sounds

Eric Tressler

5:04 AM

is 71 forefront?

phenomist

71 is not forefront

Mike Q

7. Boss who may grill you

ManyPinkHats

10,9: cautioned, and so prepared

Eric Tressler

is 7 FOREMAN

Mike Q

7 yep

Eric Tressler

5:05 AM

I don't know 61 off the top of my head, and I spend a lot of time working with graphs

Mike Q

someone is holding out on stars

John Dvorak

c10

Eric Tressler

10, 9 forewarned, and forearmed?

ManyPinkHats

yes to both

Mike Q

9. Ancestral ursines with an iron on the green

Eric Tressler

5:06 AM

is 70 FOREHAND?

is 9... foremaniferans?

Mike Q

9 is that even a word

Eric Tressler

I mean, it's a (probable) misspelling of something I've heard in documentaries about early life

phenomist

i think

Eric Tressler

oh, 9 is FOREBEARS?

Mike Q

9 yep :)

not cryptic, just a bad joke

Eric Tressler

5:08 AM

I think it might be better with just the first 2 words, but still funny

oh, 61: FOREST?

Mike Q

61 yes

quartata

300 needs star

Eric Tressler

@JohnDvorak I guessed 70

John Dvorak

70 x

Mike Q

300, 70, 71 need stars, apparently we have a star shortage

911. Court science

Eric Tressler

5:12 AM

is 911 forensics

Mike Q

911 yes

Sid

Where's the defence Pin?

Eric Tressler

The Poisoner's Handbook is a good documentary about the history of forensics.

It's only on Amazon now, but I really recommend it

Mike Q

@Sid Eric is defending FORE

Eric Tressler

is 300.. FORGET-ME-?

quartata

5:14 AM

sorry I gotta go: 300 was FOREARM

Sid

14. It can be eastern, western or continental

quartata

bye

Eric Tressler

bye

is 14 FOREST?

Sid

14. No.

Eric Tressler

is 14 FORECAST?

Sid

5:18 AM

Still, no.

Eric Tressler

I feel like this has something to do with accents, but I can't think of a word

phenomist

20: It can happen to a house

is 20 foreclosure?

yea

is 71 foreplay?

5:19 AM

not foreplay

Eric Tressler

I'm just guessing things that seem likely, I have no idea about 71

c71??

Okay, pass 71

forex?

Is that like soundex?

@phenomist ^

phenomist

5:22 AM

forex yeah

Eric Tressler

Eric is defending FOREH

phenomist

4X is a strategy game genre, and forex is a foreign exchange

John Dvorak

70 lives

Sid

14 lives.

Eric Tressler

@phenomist I didn't realize it was wordplay at all

John Dvorak

5:24 AM

"genre sounds" would have been better than "game sounds"

phenomist

true, although i guess i wasn't going for a super clean cryptic

Eric Tressler

Nobody is going to contact anything?

phenomist

i mean maybe c70? i bet i'm wrong though

Eric Tressler

pass 70

phenomist

FOREHAND?

Eric Tressler

5:25 AM

I already guessed forehand for 70

phenomist

if not... FOREHEAD

John Dvorak

forehand has been guessed...

Eric Tressler

I was defending FOREHEAD

John Dvorak

FOREHEAD is correct

Sid

14 was FOREHAND.

Eastern, Western and Continental grip (Tennis thingy)

Eric Tressler

5:27 AM

Alright, it's late, and it looks like we're winding down. Maybe I can come up with a C4 before I fall asleep

'night

John Dvorak

I can still play if we have players

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