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A Century of Charades - 100 riddles from 1895
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rose
...and then Magic happens


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Nope. not mizzen But that was a clever guess.

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Rogi Ocnorb
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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 		Sometimes, all we need is one of the lines to click.
For me it was,"We manned my whole and hove the chain".
Obviously he's talking about a "winch" which sounds like "wench", which...
Um...
Oh! which...
Damn!

How about
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windlass

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rose
...and then Magic happens


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windlass is correct!! Good job Rogi!


And the next is short but not too sweet:

XLII

My first is two; my second more
My whole brings many to death's door.
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Ha ha. How very... literal.
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 9:07 pm
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catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
Ha ha. How very... literal.

please tell me it isn't
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paramour

i doubt that's it, being 3 syllables, but how much more literal can one get?

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Rogi Ocnorb
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catherwood wrote:
Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
Ha ha. How very... literal.

please tell me it isn't
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paramour

i doubt that's it, being 3 syllables, but how much more literal can one get?


Not too much more. Just a little. Awesome mental gymnastics, though.
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jessie1326
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 		How have I missed this thread?? Smile

If I'm following how these work, is this one:
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Tumor?


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rose
...and then Magic happens


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 		XLIII
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Tumor is correct! I admit, I didn't see that one right in front of my face. Good job and welcome jessie1326!


Onwords (heh) to a sad love poem:

XLIII


Alas ! no more beneath the winking stars
My lover carols at my window bars ;
My cruel father came with angry toe ;
Not even my first would he have treated so.

I 'd fly to him, but whither could we go ?
I 'd drown myself, but duty whispers low ;
On some fond breast the bleeding heart relies ;
Oh, if my second could but sympathize

Ah ! what avail the precepts of the wise ?
I hate my whole, which never satisfies ;
My spirit batters 'gainst its prison bars,
And scorns the thorny pathway to the stars.
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drizjr
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 		How about...
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dog + ma = dogma?


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rose
...and then Magic happens


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 		XLIV
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Dogma is correct!! Way to go driz!!!

That one was cute, here is another short one:

XLIV


My first gives promise of a fruitful year,
  My second in the fountain plays,
  My whole the statesman's art displays,
And gets the vote of every British peer.
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GreenWindmill
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 		Re: XLIV
rose wrote:
My first gives promise of a fruitful year,
  My second in the fountain plays,
  My whole the statesman's art displays,
And gets the vote of every British peer.


Pretty sure of this one...

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Bud + Jet = Budget?

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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:37 am
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rose
...and then Magic happens


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 		XLV
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Budget is right! Excellent work Green Windmill!!


Two quick notes:
1. In my amazement of the solve for XL (the one about Achilles), I didn't say hello to Trillian. So Hi Trillian, and I am very happy you solved that one.

2. I'm leaving tomorrow morning for Mother's Day weekend, and I won't be able to check in until Monday. Hope all you lovelies have a lovely weekend.

And now...number...
XLV

My first whole pours out at early teas,
   My last is anything you please,
My whole's the cause of much disease.
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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Another literal one. He must've been getting tired or something.
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Trillian
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 		Thanks for the welcome, Rose! I'm lurking this thread since you started it, but most of the time I'm absolutely clueless about the answers - including the newest one; I have no idea what Rogi means... Dunno

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booba
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 		Rogi means that it is nearly as literal as XLII

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A certain kind of ring can help with this condition.


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