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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: FAQs #15029 01/19/01 09:31 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Glad you found them - I hope! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: And the winner is..... #15030 01/23/01 10:08 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 3 Berkeley, CA H H. Tracy Hall stranger H. Tracy Hall stranger H Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 3 Berkeley, CA Perhaps she [sic] spotted what the words had in common on Day 1, with only the word "dekko" to go by? If that's the case, she'd [sic] no doubt excel at this maths puzzle, which has only one correct answer, of course... Q. Provide the next four numbers in the following series: 3 , _ , _ , _ , _ Or maybe not. This one has me stumped. I must admit I was only guessing. As Chief informs us, there is a .3% chance that a single word chosen at random (or as part of a different theme) will have its letters in alphabetical order, so I had at least 3 chances in 1000 of being wrong. Personally, I'm most impressed by the guess "sounds like a number", which turned out to be true for the second word, too! Speaking of inferring too much from a single word, there's maybe a 5% chance (I'm guessing) that a person named "Tracy" won't be a "she" after all. In my case, I was named for my father, who was named for his father, who was named for his mother's maiden name in a day when "Tracy" was not such a common girl's name. No offence taken, though. We live each day by taking our best guess. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: And the winner is..... #15031 01/23/01 10:18 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I work with a Tracy who is a systems engineer. place your bets... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: And the winner is..... #15032 01/24/01 06:29 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A I work with a Tracy who is a systems engineer. place your bets... hmmmm okay i'll bet female. bridget=) Ipsa scientia potestas est ~Bacon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: And the winner is..... #15033 01/26/01 09:46 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 197 cary, nc, usa X xara member xara member X Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 197 cary, nc, usa I have a male cousin named Tracy. Until I was 8 or so, I had never met or heard of a female Tracy, Tracie, Tracey, Traci, etc... My guess is that there's more than %5 of a male/female Tracy ratio. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: resurrections #15034 01/18/02 04:26 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Following rapunzel's lead, i dug this one up b/c it was the first day that both Fiberbabe and i joined the board. rereading this made me smile for a couple of reasons: (1) i clearly was one of those folks who got so excited when i joined the board that i felt the need to spout off whatever stupid thing popped into my mind at every chance possible and i'll thank you all not to point out that not much has changed (2) i just thought the AsP would enjoy reminiscing about the good ol' days when the most annoying thing on the board was my stupid signature line ~~~~~~ oh, and this is wholly unrelated to the above discussion, but i just wanted to announce that i have created a thread in Animal Safari for non-word-related-discussion of urology gone awry, cophrophilia, clysterous chitchat and the like, for the oblectation and convenience of those of you who enjoy such delights. ~~~~~ now, does anyone know anything about the word 'antistoecon'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: resurrections #15035 01/18/02 04:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 it was the first day that both Fiberbabe and i joined the board Fiberbabe having joined the board just the once, it would be the *only day that you both joined. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: phatic post #15036 01/18/02 04:54 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A [weasel]i disagree. each day that either fiberbabe or i (or both of us) elect to add our gems to the general discussion, we are in effect joining the board. the day in question was the first such day.[/weasel] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: resurrections #15037 01/18/02 05:35 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York (1) ...and i'll thank you all not to point out that not much has changed OK, I won't. (2) i just thought the AsP would enjoy reminiscing about the good ol' days when the most annoying thing on the board was my stupid signature line You had to remind me. And that's ASp to you, young lady Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: resurrections #15038 01/18/02 05:57 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 " now, does anyone know anything about the word 'antistoecon'? " I second the motion. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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