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John Dvorak
7:00 AM
If the defender passes and an attacker guesses correctly, the defender gives up a letter.
Eric Tressler
Eric Tressler is defending
F O
John Dvorak
40:
smart animal
Eric Tressler
40 is fox
Wen1now
I'm playing
John Dvorak
40✔️
41:
half the radius of a spherical mirror
ffao
7:03 AM
2:
In order to get alcoholic beverage?
Eric Tressler
41 is focus or focal point
John Dvorak
41 ✔️
contact 2??
Eric Tressler
2: is foment :|
(kidding)
ffao
2 is not foment
John Dvorak
42:
yellow spot in the eye
Sid
7:07 AM
contact 42
Eric Tressler
42 is fovea
John Dvorak
42 ✔️
Eric Tressler
2 is fortify
ffao
2 is not fortify
Eric Tressler
what!
John Dvorak
7:09 AM
43:
part of a building that the Tower of Pisa didn't have enough
Eric Tressler
pass on 2
John Dvorak
I think people have to be FOURTEEN before they can drink in FFAO's country
ffao
Not really, eighteen
My answer was FOR SAKE
John Dvorak
oh, a cryptic
ffao
It needed a definition to be a cryptic
Eric Tressler
7:11 AM
43 is footing? footer?
John Dvorak
43 x x
ffao
Contact 43
John Dvorak
44
HCOOH
Eric Tressler
oh, foundation
John Dvorak
43 ✔️
Eric Tressler
7:12 AM
is 44 folic acid
John Dvorak
not folic
Eric Tressler
formic
formic acid
John Dvorak
44 ✔️
ASCII-only
:O formic acid = ant acid = antacid
John Dvorak
You wouldn't want to drink ant acid
ASCII-only
7:14 AM
ethanoic acid is fine though
John Dvorak
45:
one of the glass panes in an animator's toolkit
ffao
5:
Smart animal jog?
Eric Tressler
5 is foxtrot
John Dvorak
nice
ffao
6:
Sleep in castle for two weeks
5 is
boboquack
7:17 AM
Can someone verify that the MathJax on my most recent answer is correct? I'm on mobile and it's not loading.
John Dvorak
link?
Eric Tressler
6 is fortnight, or possibly Fort Knight
ffao
6 is
boboquack
Top of the front page, I'd say
ffao
I'm not sure the answer is correct
John Dvorak
7:19 AM
It seems to render correctly
ffao
But I can't check the Jax on mobile
Mr. Xcoder
who's defending and with what? I don't see it on the starbotrd
ffao
Actually I didn't see your edit, I still need to check this new proof
Eric Tressler
I am defending with
F O
Mr. Xcoder
thanks.
John Dvorak
7:21 AM
pinned, sorry
Eric Tressler
not just F, F O
is 45.. folio?
John Dvorak
not folio
Eric Tressler
is 45 filigree
wait
John Dvorak
not filigree
Eric Tressler
that doesn't even match my letters
Mr. Xcoder
7:23 AM
@boboquack At first sight, I'd say it's fine
48:
Move in Poker
Eric Tressler
48 is fold
Mr. Xcoder
correct
John Dvorak
hey, that's my number range
Mr. Xcoder
Aha, sorry
John Dvorak
46:
Nethack sometimes uses the upper half-integral glyph to denote this
Mr. Xcoder
7:26 AM
101:
_____ Teller
John Dvorak
contact 101
Eric Tressler
is 46 food
is 101 fool
John Dvorak
not food
Mr. Xcoder
not fool
Eric Tressler
is 46 fountain
John Dvorak
7:27 AM
46 ✔️
Mr. Xcoder
I'm very surprised you didn't get 101 (yet)
ffao
I like the guess of "fool" for 101
Eric Tressler
oh, 101 is fortune
Mr. Xcoder
101 ✔️
Eric Tressler
I was thinking of Penn and Teller's show, Fool Me, Fool Us, whatever it is
ffao
7:28 AM
Fool Us
I'm actually watching it on a different tab right now
Eric Tressler
hah
ffao
which is why I said I liked your guess
Mr. Xcoder
92:
Physics ______
Eric Tressler
is 92 formula
Mr. Xcoder
✔️
Eric Tressler
7:29 AM
is 45 fotocell? is that a word?
Mr. Xcoder
93:
HTML standard _______
John Dvorak
45 isn't fotocell (sic)
Mr. Xcoder
Stars pls
heh, it now has 2
Eric Tressler
is 93: FOUR
John Dvorak
47
hair root
Mr. Xcoder
7:30 AM
@EricTressler No, WTH
Eric Tressler
is 93: FORMAT
Mr. Xcoder
93: incorrect
Eric Tressler
47 is follicle
John Dvorak
47 ✔️
48:
rude-sounding airplane
Eric Tressler
48 is Focker
John Dvorak
7:31 AM
48 Fokker ✔️
Eric Tressler
is 93: FONT
Mr. Xcoder
93: ✔️
What were you thinking when you said four? The 4 langs: HTML, CSS, JS and PHP?
Eric Tressler
I was thinking that we now have HTML5
John Dvorak
I think he meant the version
Eric Tressler
and previously...
Mr. Xcoder
7:32 AM
strange
Eric Tressler
I didn't even know that HTML had a standard font. isn't it up to the renderer?
John Dvorak
49:
mixture of gas and liquid
Eric Tressler
Couldn't I make an HTML-compliant browser that just displays everything in comic sans by default?
49 is foam
John Dvorak
49 ✔️
Eric Tressler
is 45 fog
Mr. Xcoder
7:34 AM
@EricTressler In fact, those are HTML standard font
s
(i.e that are compatible with it)
ffao
someone please stop Eric Tressler, this is getting too hard
John Dvorak
There is a recommended default CSS sheet, but browsers don't
have
to use it
45 isn't fog
Mr. Xcoder
3:
Throwin' gold in the _______
Eric Tressler
if someone else can guess 45, then I'm pretty sure I give up another letter
is 3 also fountain
Mr. Xcoder
yes
6:
What you do when playing with Origami.
Eric Tressler
7:36 AM
6 is fold
Mr. Xcoder
:'-(
Eric Tressler
is 45 Folderol? :-p
John Dvorak
nope
Mr. Xcoder
searches an elaborate word
-
hopes one contacts
John Dvorak
40:
animal imprint
Eric Tressler
7:38 AM
footprint
John Dvorak
nope
Eric Tressler
is 40 fossil
Mr. Xcoder
contact 40
dammit
John Dvorak
40 ✔️
ffao
contact 40
^^^
John Dvorak
7:39 AM
great timing
Eric Tressler
I had a little connection hitch there
John Dvorak
41:
old Italian coin
(I think)
Eric Tressler
hm
Mr. Xcoder
2017:
______ on Social Media
ffao
Jan knows all the old coins
Eric Tressler
7:42 AM
2017: follow
Sp3000
Still on this game?
Mr. Xcoder
2017 ✔️
@Sp3000 Still at
F O
Eric Tressler
and 93, while starred, is dead
ffao
he is killing every clue that is not 45
I think we need something creative to break through here
Eric Tressler
41: FORZA? FORTE? FORTIERI?
Mr. Xcoder
7:44 AM
9:
Italian tennis player
John Dvorak
41 x x x
Sp3000
44.
Liver delicacy
Eric Tressler
44 is foei gras
foie
one of those for sure
Mr. Xcoder
foie
Sp3000
Foie I believe, but yup
Mr. Xcoder
7:46 AM
Come on, 9 is simple.
METHINKS
Eric Tressler
9 is trivia, I can't think through a factual clue
John Dvorak
50
Weird Al song about mind rays and doggy bag deficiencies
ffao
apparently you either know 9 or you don't
Eric Tressler
oh, maybe it's not an example of an italian tennis player
maybe it's the italian word for tennis player
Mr. Xcoder
Oh, I think it's a bit harder than I thought, because many people don't play tennis :)
ffao
7:47 AM
I didn't even know there were famous tennis players in Italy
Mr. Xcoder
@EricTressler It is an example
@ffao Who said they were famous?
ffao
you said it was easy, so I believe they're famous?
Eric Tressler
is #9: FORTELINI?
Mr. Xcoder
No, it's easy for me, because I play and watch tennis :)
@EricTressler X
Can I remove a clue?
I want to remove #9, it seems too hard
ffao
you can, but I don't see much reason to
Mr. Xcoder
7:49 AM
Burn
9
=>
9
It was Fognini
Eric Tressler
I can't unstar for some reason, but I see that my guessing pasta-sounding words was pretty close
Sp3000
80.
Fade out of a folehill
Eric Tressler
80 is fountain
Sp3000
Yup
Mr. Xcoder
somebody stop Eric
Eric Tressler
7:51 AM
is 50 just Food
John Dvorak
51:
Fade out of
what?
50 isn't food
Mr. Xcoder
Contact 51
Eric Tressler
is 51 folehill
Sp3000
40.
App/site mathematician Lagrange might like?
John Dvorak
51 ✔️
Mr. Xcoder
7:53 AM
contact 40?
very unsure
Nonono, uncontact 40
Eric Tressler
hm
Sp3000
4, 3.
"thought" leaders?
Mr. Xcoder
Bye all, gtg
Sp3000
(being a bit looser than usual here because it seems like a hard round :P)
Eric Tressler
is 11 FOUL
John Dvorak
7:56 AM
52:
Chicken, perhaps
as4s4hetic
forgot I said anything, a ball hit me in the head at hockey this morning
John Dvorak
I've just realised ... chicken = chick hen
as4s4hetic
I... don't think that's how it works
but contact 52
Eric Tressler
is 52 FOWL
John Dvorak
52 ✔️
Eric Tressler
7:59 AM
i don't get 4,3 at all. and I'm ashamed I have no ideas for 40
ffao
contact 40
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