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ManyPinkHats
7:06 PM
Defending:
G
Rand al'Thor
3:
local wielder of power
Cows quack
c3
ManyPinkHats
3: GPR or Gareth?
Rand al'Thor
Yep.
I was thinking of GPR. Forgot two of them alliterate. Duh.
ManyPinkHats
oh right, you clued it as number 3; I should have known you meant GPR
Sid
7:10 PM
5:
1000
ManyPinkHats
5: GRAND
Sid
5: yep
ManyPinkHats
I'm already prepared to type GIGA- for whoever clues 4: 5^3
Rand al'Thor
79:
awful
Cows quack
56:
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
ManyPinkHats
7:11 PM
56: GOOGOL, presumably, didn't count
Sid
7.
Gergly
Cows quack
yup
Rand al'Thor
2:
Hibernian tongue
Sid
8.
PSE meme about a word that's very hard to guess or is obscure
ManyPinkHats
2: just gonna guess GERMAN and GAELIC as the only G languages I can bring to mind rn
Rand al'Thor
7:15 PM
@ManyPinkHats Wait, you don't know where Gaelic is spoken, or you don't know where Hibernia is?
(Gaelic is correct)
ManyPinkHats
I don't know where Hibernia is
Rand al'Thor
2':
region where 2 is spoken
@ManyPinkHats Ireland.
ManyPinkHats
ah
Sid
(If I don't respond to a ping within a minute, then consider me asleep and remove my clues)
Rand al'Thor
@Sid ping
Sid
7:16 PM
Not asleep yet..
ffao
not that good of a meme if no one knows it
56:
Amphitheatre Parkway
Sid
Contact 2' maybe..
ManyPinkHats
oh just saw 2': GERMANY or GAUL?
Mithrandir
8':
TSL 🕗
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats nope nope
Cows quack
7:19 PM
c8'
ManyPinkHats
question: since I can't look it up right now, and I'll forget before i can,
is GAUL etymologically related to GAELIC?
Rand al'Thor
@Sid The only such memes I can think of are from 2014 and don't begin with G ...
ManyPinkHats
it seemed wrong, because I normally think Gaul=France(plus a bit)
ffao
c8'
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats Ooh, interesting question! I guess I
can
look it up ... :-)
Cows quack
7:20 PM
has shiro joined the room to play as well :D
ManyPinkHats
pass 8'
Mithrandir
1:
person that had to do with how Golf was invented
Cows quack
8': gamen
ffao
I was getting confused with both stack exchange chat windows open :P
Mithrandir
8': GAMEN is
c
orrect.
Rand al'Thor
7:22 PM
@Mithrandir contact 1
ManyPinkHats
how does 8' work? (if it can be told without spoiling 8?)
ffao
good afternoon/morning/evening/night
a common greeting
ManyPinkHats
Defending:
G R
Mithrandir
It's a TSL meme.
ManyPinkHats
and TSL?
Cows quack
7:22 PM
the sphinx's lair
ManyPinkHats
oh The Sphinx's Lair
ah okay
Mithrandir
1 dies; GOLFIMBUL
ffao
56 dies, GOOGLEPLEX
Sid
8 was GARETHESQUE. I guess people forgot because SUIKINKUTSU took over
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats Apparently not, but the etymology of those and some related words looks pretty complicated.
ffao
7:23 PM
I don't think garethesque was ever a meme
Rand al'Thor
^
Sid
7 was G IN GERLY
Rand al'Thor
ha, nice
ManyPinkHats
@Rand thanks! I need to make a note to do some research into that; I guessed it because it seemed plausible but I had absolutely no idea
Rand al'Thor
79 dies - anyone wanna guess it?
ManyPinkHats
7:24 PM
ah that would explain why 7 made no sense; nice rebus!
Sid
5.
Opposite to Red
Rand al'Thor
2' dies (GHAELTACHT).
contact 5
ManyPinkHats
5 GREEN
Sid
5. Yes
Eric Tressler
6:
Opposite to ridge
Sid
7:29 PM
12.
You can add under or post to it
ManyPinkHats
12: GRADUATE
Sid
12. Correct.
Eric Tressler
13:
You can add under or out to it
Sid
16.
Savanna
Eric Tressler
c16
Rand al'Thor
7:31 PM
contact 16
ManyPinkHats
16: GRAZELANDS?
Sid
Contact 13
ffao
contact 13
Rand al'Thor
3:
div, ___, and curl
Eric Tressler
contact 3
ManyPinkHats
7:32 PM
13: GROUND? (as in GROUND OUT)
3: GRADIENT
Eric Tressler
13. No
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats not quite
Sid
16. I am actually not sure whether the answer that you have and the one I have in mind are the same or not.
Rand al'Thor
@Sid I think not (if the answer I have in mind is the same as yours).
ManyPinkHats
16: I wasn't even sure if what I guessed was a thing; it was the only thing coming to mind though
easy way to find out though
pass 16
Eric Tressler
7:34 PM
16 is grassland?
Rand al'Thor
16: GRASSLAND?
Sid
GRASSLANDS was my intention, yeah
ManyPinkHats
...it's midafternoon here
i have no excuse
i can't even say I'm tired
Defending:
G R A
Mithrandir
It's called "defender blindness".
Rand al'Thor
3 lives
Eric Tressler
7:35 PM
13 dies; @Sid?
6 dies, it was GROOVE
Rand al'Thor
@EricTressler How is groove opposite to ridge?
ManyPinkHats
3 seriously isn't GRADIENT??
Sid
I thought 13 was GROUND but apparently, it's not
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats No, but close.
ManyPinkHats
3: GRAD?
Eric Tressler
7:35 PM
One's a line that's raised above a surface, and one's a line that's lowered beneath a surface?
13 was GROWTH
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats That's the one.
Eric Tressler
undergrowth/outgrowth
Rand al'Thor
Ahhh.
@EricTressler Mm, I suppose so.
Eric Tressler
60:
Stump repair
Rand al'Thor
5:
money
Eric Tressler
7:37 PM
c5?
ManyPinkHats
...I'm going to guess the same thing for both I think
60: GRAFT
Rand al'Thor
7:
the study of handwriting
ManyPinkHats
5: GRAFT?
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats nope
ManyPinkHats
7: GRAPHOLOGY
Eric Tressler
7:37 PM
60 was GRAFTING (so, correct)
Rand al'Thor
@ManyPinkHats yes
ManyPinkHats
5: GRAND again?
Eric Tressler
70:
express my
ManyPinkHats
70: GRATITUDE
Eric Tressler
70: correct
Rand al'Thor
7:39 PM
@ManyPinkHats no
Eric Tressler
I'm still contacting 5
ManyPinkHats
pass 5
Eric Tressler
is it GRAVY?
Rand al'Thor
What?
No.
Eric Tressler
Do I not understand the phrase "gravy train"?
Rand al'Thor
7:40 PM
I guess that's a euphemism I'm not too familiar with.
It was meant to be ... wait, do I give the solution now or not?
Eric Tressler
yes, you do. Sorry
Rand al'Thor
GRANT
As in applying for a grant.
16:
used by pirates
Eric Tressler
80:
Type of cured fish
edited, since I'm unsure
ManyPinkHats
I'm almost certain I know what 80 is, but I can't get the full word to mind
Eric Tressler
90:
Unpaved
ManyPinkHats
7:44 PM
90 GRAVEL?
Cows quack
c16?
Eric Tressler
90: correct
c16?
ManyPinkHats
pass 16, no idea
Cows quack
16: grappling hook?
Eric Tressler
that was my guess
I only contacted to try to cover more ground
ManyPinkHats
7:45 PM
I would think it would be something more boat-y or maybe a different name for the Jolly Roger
Eric Tressler
That's why I didn't contact until someone else had.
ManyPinkHats
either that, or a misdirect towards digital pirates and some software/website
Rand al'Thor
@Cowsquack correct!
ManyPinkHats
Defending:
G R A V
Eric Tressler
80 lives
Rand al'Thor
7:46 PM
(sorry for slow response; pings would help)
Eric Tressler
90:
Seriousness
Cows quack
will remember taht for next time
c90
ManyPinkHats
80 GRAVLAX!
Eric Tressler
80 is indeed GRAVLAX
ManyPinkHats
hah, had to get that guess in before I did this
pass 90
Rand al'Thor
7:47 PM
90 GRAVITY?
Eric Tressler
I can't defend, I need to leave in 15 minutes; I'll be back this evening, though
90: correct
Cows quack
90 gravity
ManyPinkHats
was defending
GRAVITY / GRAVITAS
Eric Tressler
I also need to come up with a C4... sorry, it'll have to wait a little bit. Bye, everyone
Rand al'Thor
Aww.
See you later!
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