Contact

Gareth McCaughan

02:00

Gwendolen's teacher

Helka Homba

@Rubio no, was partridge

Silenus

Rudolph's colleague

Gareth McCaughan

contact @Silenus rudolph

Alconja

5: Mort's maker

Gareth McCaughan

contact 5 @Alconja mort

long sight

Rubio

02:01

Passing on 4 - old school. go Helka

Helka Homba

not poetry

Gareth McCaughan

contact @HelkaHomba not poetry

Rubio

@Silenus Not PRANCER

Helka Homba

@Rubio I was gonna say prep school too

Alconja

@HelkaHomba also contact

Rubio

02:01

@HelkaHomba Not PROSE

Silenus

yes on PRANCER

Helka Homba

yes prose

n_palum

contact on sight

Alconja

so does that mean old school is out? or did someone else have contact?

Rubio

welp. take a guess or the clue just dies

Helka Homba

02:02

cookie thing from Fillmore

Rubio

long sight, PROGNOSTICATION perhaps

Gareth McCaughan

I don't think anyone else had contact on old school

@Ru

oops

@Rubio not PROGNOSTICATION

Alconja

alright, removing old school... was PREHISTORIC

Rubio

anything other than SIGHT contacted?

n_palum

Mine

Gareth McCaughan

02:03

yes, several I think

Silenus

I have contact on Dewey

Gareth McCaughan

I have contact on Mort's maker and being sensible

Silenus

And being sensible.

Rubio

i tried PRACTICAL for sensible, don't see an answer

Gareth McCaughan

PRACTICAL is wrong part of speech

n_palum

02:05

Nope

Rubio

ok I will PASS on being sensible

Gareth McCaughan

I think it's prob just PRACTICALITY

Silenus

PRUDENT is my guess

Gareth McCaughan

hmm, what do we do if it's PRUDENCE?

n_palum

Nope and nope

Gareth McCaughan

02:06

ah, never mind then. what was it?

n_palum

Pragmatic

Gareth McCaughan

also wrong part of speech, but never mind. sorry for pedantry

Rubio

oh. heh

n_palum

ohh

Rubio

then Dewey is pragmatism

Gareth McCaughan

02:07

turbo ____ trading

Rubio

thanks for the mind jolt

Gareth McCaughan

yes, Dewey was pragmatism

(I was afraid that might be n_palum's answer but certainly wasn't going to guess it :-) )

Rubio

turbo PROP ?

Gareth McCaughan

yup, PROP (also prop trading in finance)

Rubio

I don't know that phrase, heh

Gareth McCaughan

02:08

short for proprietary, I think

Rubio

ok let's see

I'll pass on Mort's maker

Gareth McCaughan

PRATCHETT

Rubio

hm. what book is that from? I haven't read many of his yet

Gareth McCaughan

well, e.g., from the one called Mort

but he appears in some others too

Rubio

Rubio defending: P R E

Gareth McCaughan

02:09

long sight stands

so does having elders

n_palum

I still have contact on the sight one

and elders

Gareth McCaughan

but Gwendolen's teacher is tragically dead; it was Miss PRISM from Wilde's "The importance of being earnest".

grasping

Rubio

I'll try PRECOGNITION for sight, but meh

Gareth McCaughan

nope, not precognition

n_palum

Foresee

Hoping it's not the same as Gareth

Gareth McCaughan

02:11

contact @n_palum foresee

Rubio

Preview

n_palum

don't think it is

no

Gareth McCaughan

obv I am not going to comment on whether it's the same as mine since that would give away information you shouldn't have

Rubio

Predict

n_palum

For?

Rubio

02:12

for Foresee

n_palum

Yes

Gareth McCaughan

does someone want to star "grasping"?

Silenus

the fourth estate

Gareth McCaughan

contact @Silenus fourth

Rubio

It's not the PRESS

fine. I'll PASS on long sight, and I know I'm going to kick myself.

Gareth McCaughan

02:13

ok @n_palum

n_palum

PREMONITION

Gareth McCaughan

nope not premonition

were there other contacts on that one?

n_palum

oh whaat

Rubio

apparently not

anything else contacted?

Gareth McCaughan

it was PRESBYOPIA

Rubio

02:14

oh. hah

Silenus

birds and vain people do it

Gareth McCaughan

contact @Silenus birds

Rubio

It's not PREEN

grasping, It's not PREHENSILE?

Gareth McCaughan

yup, PREHENSILE was it

Rubio

I was grasping at .. oh nevermind

Gareth McCaughan

02:15

my brain always wants to parse that as pre-hensile but it's prehen-sile

45 so far

Silenus

The Austrian Oak starred in this sci-fi hit

Gareth McCaughan

T9

n_palum

Elders I still have contact

Rubio

oh.

n_palum

19m ago ;)

Rubio

02:16

elders, I'll take a wild stab at, PRESBYTERIAN or related

Silenus

sorry, PRESS and PREEN are correct.

Gareth McCaughan

correct

n_palum

Lol

Gareth McCaughan

a presbyter is an elder, which is why the Presbyterian church is called that

and of course it's the same root as in presbyopia

Rubio

I actually did not know that, which is kinda funny

n_palum

02:17

Forerunners

Gareth McCaughan

(old-person eyes)

Silenus

@n_palum contact forerunners

Gareth McCaughan

contact @n_palum forerunners

n_palum

Careful now children

Gareth McCaughan

Wordsworth or Chopin?

Rubio

02:18

forerunners/ It's not PRECURSORS nor PREDECESSORS

n_palum

Yessir

Helka Homba

doing it to the choir

Gareth McCaughan

contact @HelkaHomba

Silenus

@GarethMcCaughan contact on Wordsworth

Rubio

It's not PREACHING

Helka Homba

02:19

ok

Mistah Figgins

@HelkaHomba tempted to post a lenny face

Gareth McCaughan

distracted

Mistah Figgins

contact

Helka Homba

earliest memories

Rubio

it's not PREOCCUPIED

n_palum

02:20

Me ^ XD

Rubio

hold up

Mistah Figgins

what has been contacted?

Rubio

passing on Wordsworth - go Silenus

Mistah Figgins

and which are still valid?

Silenus

PRELUDE

Gareth McCaughan

02:20

yes, PRELUDE (Wordsworth wrote a poem with that title, Chopin wrote lots of piano preludes)

letter #4 please

Rubio

Rubio defending: P R E T

who lives, who dies

Gareth McCaughan

T9 is dead (it's the kind of PREDICTIVE text entry used on old mobile phones)

Helka Homba

early mem was prenatal

Rubio

who tells your story

Gareth McCaughan

45 was PRESIDENTS and is therefore also dead

Rubio

02:21

that cleared the field a bit hehe

Silenus

Austrian Oak clue has died (was PREDATOR, Schwarzenegger was known as the Austrian Oak).

Gareth McCaughan

young or old

miraculous

Rubio

hm

word length for miraculous please

Gareth McCaughan

13

Silenus

verb form

Rubio

02:23

You have it. The word is preternatural.

Mistah Figgins

contact

Gareth McCaughan

yay

Mistah Figgins

@Silenus preterit

Silenus

yes

Gareth McCaughan

young or old was PRETENDER (English history)

Rubio

02:23

I'd not have gotten that one

Gareth McCaughan

I really need to go to bed (it's ~3.30am here) so will certainly not be defending the next one

Mistah Figgins

ok

Rubio

Ok someone else volunteer

my fallback rule still points to Gareth so it is no help ;)

Mistah Figgins

maybe me

yeah, Ill go

Rubio

ninight @gareth, always a pleasure.

Mistah Figgins

02:26

Mistah defending C

Silenus

2: insect, game, wireless service provider

Alconja

1: three

Rubio

contact @silenus

Mistah Figgins

@Silenus cricket?

not sure about the game part though

Silenus

yes

Rubio

02:28

3: Goofy

Mistah Figgins

cartoon?

Rubio

no

Silenus

It's a sport.

Mistah Figgins

oh, that kind of game

yeah

@Rubio comical?

Rubio

nope

dear god I can't type anymore

Silenus

02:31

2: Irish city, stopper

Rubio

4: Horn of plenty

Mistah Figgins

@Silenus cork?

Silenus

@Rubio contact on Horn

Yes on CORK

Mistah Figgins

Cornecopia

however you spell it

Rubio

Cornucopia, yes

I'm out of stars.

Alconja

02:32

5: This. Right here, right now..

Mistah Figgins

contact

Rubio

contact 5

Alconja

+1

n_palum

Here

Mistah Figgins

chat

n_palum

02:34

no

Mistah Figgins

not contact again?

Alconja

6: grumpy side walker

Rubio

2: Allergy alleviator

Silenus

7: Superman has one; __ Fear

Rubio

contact 6

contact 7

n_palum

02:35

no

Silenus

@Alconja contact 6

Mistah Figgins

@Silenus NO CAPES!

Rubio

lol.

Mistah Figgins

@Alconja crab

Silenus

@Rubio contact on allergy

yes on CAPE

Alconja

02:36

@MistahFiggins +1

Mistah Figgins

@Rubio cough?

Techidiot

8..x,y,z(n)? Whats this

Rubio

nope

Mistah Figgins

me without allergies at a loss over here :/

umm

n_palum

contact allergies

Alconja

02:38

Possible contact on 2

n_palum

contact goofy

Mistah Figgins

ok, go on allergies

n_palum

Claritin

Silenus

CORTISOL

Rubio

Claritin

Alconja

02:38

had claritine too

n_palum

Cortisol is a stress hormone man

Mistah Figgins

Yeah, didn't know any of those things

lol

Silenus

Oh

Mistah Figgins

ok, next letter

Mistah defending C O

Rubio

3 survives

Mistah Figgins

02:39

any still stand?

n_palum

Mine busts - CURRENT

Alconja

three (1) is dead... => CROWD

Mistah Figgins

is 3 comic?

Alconja

9: i + 1

Techidiot

Mines gone

It was a clue/cryptic clue

Rubio

02:40

3 is still not comic

n_palum

I take back contact on goofy

Mistah Figgins

@Alconja why?

Rubio

contact 9

Techidiot

11. Elementary co

Silenus

10: Greek island

Rubio

02:40

@MistahFiggins 2 is company, 3's a crowd

contact 10

Mistah Figgins

hold up with the clues

what's contacted?

btw, here and the old defending should come down

Rubio

9, 10 contacted

Mistah Figgins

I think 10 is Corfu?

Nice place

I went a few years ago

Silenus

Yes on CORFU

Mistah Figgins

i + 1 is complex

as in number

Alconja

02:43

+1

Rubio

1: Landmark arena

Silenus

@Rubio contact arena

Alconja

contact arena

Rubio

2: "Eddies in the space-time ..."

Mistah Figgins

colluseum

continuum

Rubio

02:45

Coliseum, yes

Continuum, ✔

n_palum

Strainer

Rubio

1: All-star shoes

Silenus

12: Small wood

Rubio

@n_palum cointact

Silenus

@n_palum contact on strainer

Mistah Figgins

02:46

@n_palum colinder

Silenus

@Rubio contact shoes

n_palum

A not an I but yes

Mistah Figgins

@Silenus is it cork?

Alconja

4: opiate

Silenus

Not CORK

Rubio

02:46

contact 4

contact 12

Mistah Figgins

@Silenus cone?

Silenus

Not CONE

Alconja

contact 1

contact 12

Mistah Figgins

clearing on 12?

Rubio

CO* :)

Mistah Figgins

02:47

:P

why do I do that?

is it connifer?

Silenus

Not CONIFER

Rubio

you have Defender's Brain. it's an officially recognized disorder.

Mistah Figgins

yeah

Silenus

Contact on 11 (Elementary co)

Mistah Figgins

ok, go on wood

Rubio

02:49

COPSE

Mistah Figgins

:/

n_palum

Alrighty I gotta head out cya

Alconja

^

Silenus

Yes on COPSE

Alconja

cya n_p

Mistah Figgins

02:50

ok

Mistah defending C O N

Rubio

3 dies. was CORNY

Alconja

opiate is dead (CODEINE)

Mistah Figgins

ah

Techidiot

Mines busted. Was Cobalt

Silenus

13: Ralph used it to call a meeting

Rubio

02:51

1 survives

Mistah Figgins

@Rubio great...

Silenus

Contact on 1 survives.

Mistah Figgins

if it's a brand, Im screwed

Rubio

2: NCC-1701's class

Mistah Figgins

...

no one saw that

Rubio

02:53

nope. nobody saw "car".

not a soul

man. nobody knows that? I'm a little surprised. hehe

Techidiot

14. Trol on carbon mixed in charge(7)

Rubio

contact 14

Mistah Figgins

umm, a flyer, but is shoes "contra"?

Rubio

Not contra

Mistah Figgins

what I thought

probably not even a shoe brand

I know it's a video game

@Techidiot control?

Techidiot

02:54

Yup

Rubio

3: Illicit stuff

Silenus

@Rubio contact illicit

Mistah Figgins

@Rubio convey

Rubio

Not convey

Techidiot

Similar to the rings

Mistah Figgins

02:56

ok, I pass on shoes

Silenus

CONVERSE

Mistah Figgins

sigh

Techidiot

Sorry I am on phone cant see enumerations

Mistah Figgins

damn

Silenus

a brand

Rubio

02:56

Converse ✔

Mistah Figgins

I knew about them too

but not well enough to remember

Rubio

someone with stars left, please star stuffs

Mistah Figgins

Mistah defending C O N Q

should I add the U now? we all know it's coming

Techidiot

Mines busted. Was conjuring

Rubio

lol. probably

Silenus

02:58

15: Pizarro, for instance

Rubio

1: Alexander the Great, et al

contact 15

Mistah Figgins

@Silenus pass

Rubio

Conquistador

Mistah Figgins

that's my word!

Silenus

Yes

Rubio

02:58

figured it had to be

illicit stuff was CONTRABAND

NCC-1701 is the original Star Trek Enterprise, a Constitution-class starship

what was Ralph, silenus?

Silenus

CONCH, from Lord of the Flies

Rubio

heh

"VTC: too broad" ;)

ok I'm out for a while

Helka Homba

03:23

Helka defending best (this time it's an idiom/phrase rather than a word)

Make clues about idioms and I'll reveal one word at a time (not exactly sure this'll work..)

Mistah Figgins

?

oh, it''s a phrase

Helka Homba

yes, starting "best..."

Mistah Figgins

interplanetary

not sure who else is here though

any guesses?

Helka Homba

err, no idea

Mistah Figgins

should I give it away?

Helka Homba

03:28

sure

this may not work with idioms...

Mistah Figgins

best of both worlds

^^

Helka Homba

ah, nice, but not mine

Defending: best thing

Mistah Figgins

cutting a loaf

Helka Homba

I think you got it ;)

Mistah Figgins

...since sliced bread

GentlePurpleRain

18:23

Anyone here and wanting to play?

Rubio

Must ... control ... impulse ... to .... answer .....

GentlePurpleRain

@Rubio Well, no one else is answering, and a 2-person game would be pretty lame.

Sconibulus

18:47

I could poke letters with sticks until they become words

n_palum

19:22

I am around ish now if you wanted

Rubio

I can attack but not defend

n_palum

^

@GentlePurpleRain You back around and wanna defend?

Rubio

19:46

ping me if you start, i'm in other windows

n_palum

^

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