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Rubio

02:00

thanks

Destructible Lemon

if one of my clues is the same as someone else's do I have to say?

Rubio

Gareth McCaughan

@DestructibleLemon no

Destructible Lemon

should I say?

Gareth McCaughan

but of course you could indicate it without saying, e.g. by asking whether you have to say if someone else's clue is the same as yours

Mistah Figgins

02:00

3 (Mistah) language

Rubio

well. you've kinda given it away

Destructible Lemon

@Rubio what is one of my clues then?

Rubio

so ... 1/ it's (still) not MANDATE or MANCALA :)

Gareth McCaughan

I did wonder, btw, but I still can't figure out how to make it work (with various variants of that word)

Rubio

I have no idea actually

Silenus

02:01

@MistahFiggins contact on language

Destructible Lemon

@Rubio yeah, in df some nobles make arbitrary bans and mandates

Rubio

I don't even know what "df" is

Gareth McCaughan

oh, ok. There I was thinking there was some funny business with the first four letters being an anagram of DAMN going on :-)

Rubio

anyway

Gareth McCaughan

DF is Dwarf Fortress, a famously complicated computer game

Destructible Lemon

02:01

1 (D lemon) kinda dumb way to say masculinity

Gareth McCaughan

(which I have never played)

Wesley Situ

contact 3

Rubio

3/ It's not MANDARIN

Mistah Figgins

@GarethMcCaughan understatement

@Rubio correct

Destructible Lemon

one time I got attacked by a titan

Silenus

02:02

@DestructibleLemon contact on dumb way to say masculinity

Gareth McCaughan

could someone star my writ one?

Destructible Lemon

and I don't know how but one of my dwarves killed the titan

Rubio

didn't even see that

-1/ It's not MANDAMUS

Gareth McCaughan

right, that was it

Rubio

1/ it's not MANDOM ...?!

Mistah Figgins

02:03

3 (Mistah) the hinged part of || face

Destructible Lemon

(-1)^-i (D lemon) required

Rubio

It's not MANDATORY

Destructible Lemon

@Rubio yes

Wesley Situ

4 (Wesley Situ): Primate

Gareth McCaughan

incidentally, (-1)^(-i) is exp(pi) which is a real number

Destructible Lemon

02:05

-2 (D lemon) fractals man!

Gareth McCaughan

contact @DestructibleLemon fractals

Destructible Lemon

@GarethMcCaughan I know :P

Rubio

-2/ It's not MANDELBROT

Destructible Lemon

@Rubio yeh

-3 (D lemon) that legend of south africa

@MistahFiggins contact

Gareth McCaughan

contact @WesleySitu primate

Rubio

02:06

3/ i've no idea what your clue means, but i'm guessing MANDIBLE

4/ It's not MANDRILL

Wesley Situ

yep mandrill

Mistah Figgins

Wait, why do I have the ||

Silenus

@DestructibleLemon contact on legend of South Africa

Mistah Figgins

yes, mandible

Destructible Lemon

@Silenus I have a feeling this might be it

Rubio

02:08

hm.

@DestructibleLemon PASSING on -3; go for it @Silenus

Silenus

@DestructibleLemon Mandela

Gareth McCaughan

2.71828 (Gareth) "Last night I dreamt I went to _____ again"

Rubio

oh. duh

Mistah Figgins

is that right, DL? if it is, new letter

Destructible Lemon

@MistahFiggins oh sorry, yes

Rubio

02:10

Rubio defending: M A N D I

Gareth McCaughan

2.71828 is dead (MANDERLEY)

2 (soporific) is dead; it was MANDRAGORA, related to MANDRAKE which Rubio guessed but not the same thing

Rubio

gimme a sec sorry

Silenus

5 Blaxploitation film from 1975 survives

Rubio

ok back

Mistah Figgins

2 (Mistah) American plant

Destructible Lemon

02:14

I honestly can't think of a mandi word

Rubio

there aren't many. hehe

Gareth McCaughan

I can but I don't think I can think of any that haven't already been had

Rubio

2/ It's not MANDIOC ?

Gareth McCaughan

that's MANIOC isn't it?

Mistah Figgins

I thought it was mandioca?

not sure, but you got it anyways

Rubio

02:15

I think there are variant spellings, but I have no idea which one(s) are valid. I took a flyer. :)

Silenus

6 (Silenus) A Gosling

Rubio

Ryan. cough

Gareth McCaughan

I assume that if it were e.g. MANDIBULAR or MANDIBLES @Rubio would have owned up when MANDIBLE was clued.

Rubio

I wouldn't assume that.

MANDIBLES, yes.

Gareth McCaughan

ah!

Mistah Figgins

02:16

2 (Mistah) tell me, ese!

Rubio

no, I meant

if it was MANDIBLES i would have given it up

Gareth McCaughan

ohhh

Pertaining to the jaw

Rubio

ok then. ;)

@Gareth has it; it is MANDIBULAR.

(and not MAN, DIME)

Gareth McCaughan

personally if that had been my word I'd have given it up at MANDIBLE, but each to his own :-)

Mistah Figgins

@Rubio that was just to get a potential letter if you missed it

Gareth McCaughan

02:18

so anyway it's after 3am local here so I am going to go to bed, or at least tell myself I'm going to go to bed. so I'm done with Contact for now.

Mistah Figgins

cya

Wesley Situ

i am out too

Rubio

hehe

Gamen, all who are out, and thanks for playing

Mistah Figgins

only us then @Rubio or is there someone else here?

is DL here?

Rubio

I think Silenus is still here

DL has been silent for a while

What was that film btw @Silenus?

Mistah Figgins

02:20

I'm free if we have enough people...

Silenus

@Rubio Mandingo

Rubio

oh. I guess I have heard of it, but only by name, not at all by context

So since Gareth left, my rule is the next turn goes to the person who last forced a letter which would be @DestructibleLemon if they'd like to defend.

Mistah Figgins

I gtg for now, I'll be back in a bit

Destructible Lemon

02:36

just got back

@Rubio what should we do now?

you wanna see if alt-f4 wants to play?

Rubio

You're welcome to start a new round as defender

if we still have players

I'm not sure we do though

Destructible Lemon

yeah, mistah figgins isn't here

@Alt-F4 do you want to play now maybe? just checking

also again this is really good. ty puzzling for having this

I played it with my family and they liked it

Rubio

First time we played here I got permanently hooked hehe

Destructible Lemon

kinda sad that there isn't a third player

inviting the dj

Rubio

actually I'm gonna bow out myself, gotta run for a while

Destructible Lemon

02:47

sad!

Rubio

sorry. ;) Until next time

Destructible Lemon

well, I'm gonna try and make an x^2.5 program in turtlèd which will be very hard

I don't even have a square root program...

shall we play?

@Sp3000 @PhiNotPi @HelkaHomba hi!

rules are on the starboard

Helka Homba

Hi?

Destructible Lemon

its a puzzle game

Sp3000

Just dropping in, but I'm at work so I can't actively play

Destructible Lemon

02:57

well, thats still 3 of us anyway

should I defend or should someone else?

do you guys understand the rules?

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