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endymion6 #212993 10/27/13 07:40 PM
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"Hearts just as pure and fair
May beat in Belgrave Square
as in the lowly air
of Seven DIALS"

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IF the red slayer think he slays
Or if the slain think he is [D -> N ]
SLAIN
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again
______________________________________Ralph Waldo Emerson

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SLAIN

S ---- > Y

....and down the valley of the shadow, Ride, Boldly ride, the Shade replied, If you seek for El Dorado ....Or, (excuse me while I sniff against my bouffant cuff, the better to derive some snuff ) ... if you'd rather look at a secretary, please just step over here where I have a 19th century with a faux woodgrain and a leatherette ...

INLAY

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INLAY

I have thought of many words that I could play here (trust me) but below is my final:
Y -> S
SNAIL

Now don't you think well of me?




jenny jenny #213000 10/28/13 04:02 PM
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JJ I know you meant petals. "Play on words" was what hit me\
first, then I caught your meaning. I should have changed the
headline after.


+A

LANAIS

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A ---- > D


...is an

ISLAND (when the monks in Kentucky were allowed to talk, that is)

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Did they speak in LADINO, then?

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[If the red slayer think he slays
Or if the slain think he is SLAIN
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again


That's Emerson? Who knew? I thought it was instructions how to play Hearts !]

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LADINO

O ---- > N

Who knows what the hand gestures turned into once the 'speaking lamp' was lit. They may have even used semaphores ... or smoke signals ...

...because they were so far

INLAND (By the way, that was really good ! )

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ANNELID


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Don't you? Trade an
ANNELID for a fish DINNER? Yes yum yum.
Years ago I LEARNED unscrupulous N -> G
DEALING from my good ole Uncle Dan and never went hungry.

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