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Jeeves: Yes, His Majesty King Gustav appears to have been exceptionally generous to the young lady, sir.
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Does anyone know what happened to the column to the right
side of the screen? Or is it just my computer?
(Containing new members, etc., tho, all they are doing
these days is advertising for kitchens and Nike.)


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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Does anyone know what happened to the column to the right
side of the screen? Or is it just my computer?
(Containing new members, etc., tho, all they are doing
these days is advertising for kitchens and Nike.)

I think it was briefly gone, but now it's back. On this machine, at least.

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Thanks Wofa, in the announcements thread the administration
explained they did not notice it was gone, and I see it is
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Happy New Year, one and all!

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Terrific, Wofa! I really enjoyed that!
The best line "my chakram's rather yonical."

Edit: Do I dare say that I can guess who wrote it? In fact the above line gave it away. These women writers, "useless, really!"

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Originally Posted By: Avy
Terrific, Wofa! I really enjoyed that!
The best line "my chakram's rather yonical."

Edit: Do I dare say that I can guess who wrote it? In fact the above line gave it away. These women writers, "useless, really!"

Actually his byline is right after the title at the head of the page. If you Google Kevin Wald you'll find him at the top of the list, the fella with the beard. He's an extraordinariy clever fellow at once down-to-earth and full of esoterica, and he writes puzzles replete with Classical allusions. Here he was writing in the Xena persona, hence the Chakram yonical.

He's also a prominent member of the National Puzzlers' League (see puzzlers.org), where his nom is Ucaiomhu, which is pronounced "Kevin W". If you saw Wordplay, the movie about the crossword-puzzle tournament, you saw him walk across a crowd scene, beard and all, at about Minute 47.


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Okay... If you insist...

Edit: majorly profound writer this man. It is a good thing I do not know him. I stay away from celebrity writers - they bite!
His nom should have been "Icaourhu" much more pleasant to the ears. Thanks for posting the parody anyway. On second thoughts - it is a tad sexist.

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And as to sexist - the whole concept of Xena-the-Warrior-Princess was sexist. Can't blame it on Kevin ! wink

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Yes, it probably is. I won't complain if I don't ever see an episode of it.
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"The edge of a bread Knife’s SERRATED
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And a TERRACED house has been created."

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...trying very hard to bring us back to navigable waters. "U" isn't helping, it's trying to run us aground !

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too many vowels? he asked, as he added another:

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{and this doesn't help any)

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I'm going to play fast and loose with the roolz, and change

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and make BATTLESHIP into

PHILATELIST.

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On the other hand, if we permit Greek letters...

If we make φ --> E we have

PHILATELIST

PHI --> E

SATELLITE

and I think we can go on from there without having to dump the entire rack of letters.

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BENDER


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E-->C leads to

Alexander CALDER

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CALDERA


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...CALENDAR

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D > B


BARNACLE


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BARNACLE

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BALANCE

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B > V

VALANCE


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N ---> R

CARAVEL


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CLEAVER


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REVEAL


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As in: Let me have a butcher's at that!

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REPEAL


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E ---> I

PALIER


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