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Leaky Nun

11:00 AM

@Rubio yes it is

lol Sp

1: feces

1: It's not CRAP

1: yes it is

4. sounds like grass is insensitive

TheGreatEscaper

11:01 AM

Contact on 4

4: It's not CRASS

1: want

1: It's not CRAVE

1: Yes it is

11:02 AM

2. Sebastian

Rubio

1: It's not a CRAB

er 2

yeah

1: fall

Sebastian = crab?

1: It's not CRASH ?

11:02 AM

The Little Mermaid

Leaky Nun

@Sp3000 it's you

G_as_in_Gnome

Childhood disney? :') @Sp3000

Sp3000

Oh right, can't remember whether I've seen that movie :P

(Might have, but I know for 100% I haven't seen, say, Lion King)

Rubio

what's wrong with you

G_as_in_Gnome

LOL

Rubio

11:04 AM

you have to watch that :)

G_as_in_Gnome

3. illegal rhyme rhyme

Ankoganit

contact 3

Leaky Nun

@Rubio no it isn't

Sp3000

I also have not seen Star Wars nor anything but the last hour of the LotR trilogy :P

Rubio

I ...

I don't think I can talk to you anymore.

TheGreatEscaper

11:05 AM

5: Post-ship, post-sea (5)

Rubio

1: It's not CRUMBLE ??

TheGreatEscaper

Contact 3

Leaky Nun

@Rubio yes it is

G_as_in_Gnome

7. Look in every (Kindle competitor) and this

Rubio

3: it's not CRAY CRAY. lol.

G_as_in_Gnome

11:07 AM

nope

Rubio

7: It's not CRANNY

passing on 3

G_as_in_Gnome

+1 on 7

TheGreatEscaper

CRIME

For 3

G_as_in_Gnome

Correct

Rubio

geez.

Rubio defending: C R A

Sp3000

11:08 AM

So that's how to beat Rubio, not-quite-cryptics :P

Rubio

clearly ;)

they slip through the cracks, apparently

G_as_in_Gnome

And we can just clue disney to beat you :')

Rubio

or Star Wars, or LotR, or basically anything popular from the last 20 years ;)

Sp3000

I'm sure you could do it a lot easier than that :P (my vocab is actually pretty terrible compared to, say, Deus/Rubio/Gareth)

Rubio

is 5 still alive?

TheGreatEscaper

11:09 AM

Yup

Ankoganit

probably contact 5

G_as_in_Gnome

1. Make play art motto

Sp3000

Ignore that, I can't spell

TheGreatEscaper

6. Bird machine

Rubio

6: It's not CRANE

1: It's not CRAFT ?

Sp3000

11:11 AM

Contact but that'll be too e... yeah nvm

G_as_in_Gnome

-1 on 1

Rubio

pass on 2, I'm clearly too tired for this right now

Ankoganit

what's 2

TheGreatEscaper

Lol, @Ankoganit, take your guess, but idk if this counts anymore.

Rubio

oh sorry. 5

TheGreatEscaper

11:12 AM

Post-ship, post-sea

Ankoganit

C+RAFT

TheGreatEscaper

yup

Does a contact still count if the defender has guessed the word for another clue?

Rubio

yes

TheGreatEscaper

Cool!

Ankoganit

why is craft=post though?

Rubio

11:13 AM

Rubio defending: C R A M

I have no idea, I just tried for 30 seconds to parse that and failed entirely

TheGreatEscaper

A craft is a line of work, which is a post

it's a google synonym :P

Rubio

no, a post is a job

Ankoganit

um okay

Rubio

and raft isn't a ship at all

that works in contact, but try it as a real CC and someone would spank you :)

TheGreatEscaper

i was about to say 'wow, and contact was supposed to be the place to do dodgy clues'

Sp3000

11:15 AM

I can only think of, er, two words that fit that prefix

TheGreatEscaper

7. stuffed

Rubio

1 live or dead?

G_as_in_Gnome

4. iron sheet for stone activity

dead

was crayola

Rubio

heh. I was going to try that next, but meh

7: It's not CRAMPED

4: I feel like this is CRAMPON but not.

numbermaniac

oh, so quickening was your word last game

G_as_in_Gnome

11:17 AM

nope

numbermaniac

nobody ever got my clue 3? lol

TheGreatEscaper

8. stuffing

Ankoganit

3. Equation-solver

numbermaniac

contact 8

Rubio

8: It's not CRAMMING

TheGreatEscaper

11:18 AM

3. cramculator :P

lol

obviously

hahah

it's a perfectly, er, cramulent word

@numbermaniac yeah quickening - I don't even remember what your clue was

TheGreatEscaper

9: A colour on the french flag

G_as_in_Gnome

11:19 AM

contact 9

2. Rhyme Game

Rubio

2: it's not crambone

9: passing - go for it @G_as_in_Gnome

G_as_in_Gnome

nope

cramoisi for 9*

TheGreatEscaper

i think it's spelt cramoisi, but yup!

Rubio

Rubio defending: C R A M P

G_as_in_Gnome

yes you're right oops

Ankoganit

11:21 AM

darn 3's dead

G_as_in_Gnome

2's dead was Crambo

what was 3?

my 4 is still alive btw

Ankoganit

Cramer's rule

Rubio

oh. that's I think the same thing, different name. that's certainly what I intended

Ankoganit

(or just Cramer)

Rubio

I'm outta stars

Ankoganit

11:22 AM

was 8 solved?

Rubio

I guessed CRAMMED for 8

Ankoganit

And Tge didn't confirm?

TheGreatEscaper

yeah +1

sorry

Ankoganit

k np

Rubio

CRAMMING actually. same diff

someone star 4 pls

TheGreatEscaper

11:24 AM

umm running out of words here

9: underwater

G_as_in_Gnome

1. Pain

Rubio

1: Yes, my word is CRAMP.

G_as_in_Gnome

lol

my 4 was crampit

Rubio

not familiar with that one, yay learning

what was 9??

TheGreatEscaper

Crampfish

Ankoganit

11:28 AM

ok gtg

see ya

numbermaniac

@Rubio "Comfy when it's cold" :)

Rubio

oh. yeah. what was that answer?

Quilt

oh geez.

lol

11:30 AM

The clue suggests an adjective, so was not looking for a noun at all

numbermaniac

Ahh

Rubio

aight gamen all, back whenever.

n_palum

11:55 AM

This is still going? Wow

G_as_in_Gnome

I'm down for another game :)

1 hour later…

Business Cat

1:24 PM

I would be too

user165474

2:18 PM

I would be too if we can get enough people.

n_palum

@Rubio You finished your alphabet and got back to C?

Rubio

No. I was pinch-defending for people. They got to pick the letter I used to start.

n_palum

Oo ok.. I left when you did like X I believe so I would have been quite impressed

Business Cat

2:48 PM

How many do we have here?

Leaky Nun

well people will join if you start

GentlePurpleRain

Who's defending?

Leaky Nun

why not you?

Business Cat

G_as_in_gnome won last round but they aren't here anymore

GentlePurpleRain

Ok.

GentlePurpleRain defending: C

Leaky Nun

2:53 PM

1: math

1: not CALCULUS

1: no it isn't

1: not CALCULATION

@GentlePurpleRain no it isn't

Business Cat

2: storage

GentlePurpleRain

2:54 PM

2: not CONTAINMENT

or CONTAINER

Neither of those

3: spin very fast

GentlePurpleRain

2: not CARTON or CASE

Business Cat

2:55 PM

Still no

GentlePurpleRain

3: not CYCLONE

Leaky Nun

@GentlePurpleRain no it isn't

GentlePurpleRain

3: not CENTRIFUGE

Leaky Nun

contact 2

@GentlePurpleRain yes it is

GentlePurpleRain

2: not CRATE

Business Cat

2:56 PM

Nope

GentlePurpleRain

pass on 2

Leaky Nun

CABIN

Business Cat

4: electric brain

@LeakyNun No

Leaky Nun

@BusinessCat what is it then

Business Cat

Cabinet

Gareth McCaughan

2:56 PM

contact 4 @BusinessCat electric brain

4: not COMPUTER

@BusinessCat ...

4: Yes

@BusinessCat do you speak Chinese?

Business Cat

I do not

GentlePurpleRain

2:57 PM

Any contact on 1?

Leaky Nun

because computer is "electric brain" in Chinese :o

5. princely sea

5: not CASPIAN

no contact on 1 yet

What a weird coincidence :P

GentlePurpleRain

2:58 PM

nice clue!

Gareth McCaughan

5: correct

thanks

Leaky Nun

2: (a,b) × (c,d) = (ac-bd, ad+bc)

Gareth McCaughan

contact 2 @LeakyNun

GentlePurpleRain

2: not COMMUTATIVE

Business Cat

7: Verification symbol

Leaky Nun

2:58 PM

@GentlePurpleRain no it isn't

GentlePurpleRain

(or some form of that word)

Leaky Nun

contact 7

@GentlePurpleRain no it isn't

GentlePurpleRain

7: not CHECK MARK

Business Cat

7: ✔

Leaky Nun

oh lol, I thought it was captcha

GentlePurpleRain

2:59 PM

2: not CROSS-MULTIPLY

Gareth McCaughan

3. Fish with percussion instrument?

Leaky Nun

@GentlePurpleRain no it isn't

Business Cat

6: Tight and small

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