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1. Ten tea pots.
2. Sly Ware.
3. It's in charity.
4. Golden land.
5. Great helps.
6. Rare mad frolic.
7. Honor est a Nilo.
8. Hard case.
9. Claims Arthur's seat.
10. No, appear not at Elba.
11. No more stars.
12. O poison Pitt.
13. I hire parsons.
14. Got as a clue.
15. To love ruin.
16. Best in prayer.
17. Nay, I repent it.
18. Veto. Un corse la finira.
19. Comical trade.
20. Spare him not.
21. Real fun.
22. In Magic tale.
23. Evil fast.
24. Yes Milton.
25. 'Tis ye govern.
26. See a pug dog.
27. A just master.
28. Made in pint pots.
29. A hot pen.
30. I call many sot.
31. A nice Pet.
32. The bar.
33. The law.
34. Truly he'll see war.
35. I send into Siam.
36. True, I am in.
37. Hire a prison.
38. There we sat.

Answers in a few days for those that haven't been solved. Hint: these anagrams date back to 1839, some may be historic figures of that time period.
And no fair clicking over to the Anagram Server!

Just post your solutions (or misses ) here...and I'll yay or nay them.

EDIT ALERT!: Solutions begin to appear below this post. So if you want to take a crack at solving them first HALT NOW!!!





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And no fair clicking over to the Anagram Server


...you read my mind, Juan!


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10. napolean bonaparte?

11. moon starers? an storm rose?

8. had scare?


25. votes reign?


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1. potentates?

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21. Funeral
23. Fat Elvis?
32. Breath
33. Wealth


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10. Napoleon Bonaparte --dodyskin...yay!

1. Potentates -- FallibleFiend...yay!

(from Fiberbabe)
21. Funeral --Yay!
23. Fat Elvis? --Nay (but I like yours better! LOL!!! )
32. Breath --Yay!
33. Wealth --Yay!


(Solved: 1, 10, 32, 33.)


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Is not an anagram of napoleon bonaparte.

The latter has three Ns and three Os. No, appear not at Elba has two Ns and two Os.



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Hmmm...that's straight out the book...seems they should've used "on" instead of "at"...that's a pretty classic anagram, too.


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2. lawyers


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4. Old England


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Festival



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15. Revolution

38. Sweetheart


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Would be parishoners without the word I in I hire parsons. Is this another error, ONE?



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Depends on how you want to spell parishioners, TEd.


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You know, I did start to look it up then figured what the heck.



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First, let me say this is from "The Boys Own Book, a Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth," publised in Boston in 1829. It was a very popular book in the 1800's and widely used in the schoolhouses then, as well. I remember we ran into some of these strange discrepancies the last time I put up a couple threads of word puzzles/riddles from it--rebusses, enigmas, charades, and conundrums. I guess they reproduced the book in all its authentic historical inaccuracies (but the Napoleon thing is weird).

(from TEd)

13. Parishioners (this is actually spelled with the extra "i" in the answer TEd, so perhaps the spelling has changed and this is some etymological anachronism) Yay!
23. Festival...yay!

(from boronia)

2. Lawyers...yay!
4. Old England...yay!

(from FallibleFiend)

15. Revolution...yay!
38. Sweetheart...yay!

hint #2: 19 is a bit tricky, too, with an extra syllable not used much today.


Numbers solved: 1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 15, 23, 32, 33, 38


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I want it to be opposition, but there's an extra T!



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Sovereignty



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is parishioner, but I fail to see the connection to hire a prison.



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Miniature



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Presbyterian. Hey, these are starting to get easy once I let my mind just go loose a bit.



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James Stuart



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8. charades
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(from TEd)

12. close!...but no cigar! nay!

(remember to frame your answers separately as there may be an additional definite article or some other word as part of the solution )

yay! to all of these!

16. Presbyterian (this was one of my favorites here)
25. Sovereignty
27. James Stuart (surprised anybody got this one--good work, TEd!)
36. Miniature
37. Parishioner

(from FallibleFiend)

8. Charades... yay!

Numbers solved: 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 23, 25, 27, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38



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Anagrams to phonate, which I had to look up in dictionary, but I am betting phonate is not the answer, since there's no connection I can think of to a hot pen.



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Actually, when you look at the letterys, it's not that difficult. J is almost always going to be the first letter, so I just put J down and then looked for letters that went with it. Once James came down, the remaining letters were a snap.

I did something similar in my mind with the b and the y in presbyterian.



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Oh Hell!

Top Position



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#29 is prolly the toughest one here, TEd.


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11. moon starers? an storm rose? nay

(the former on this is a strong step in the right direction, though, dody ...and TEd finished off 8 and 25)




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Christianity



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Penitentiary



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Oh Hell!

Top Position


Oh, hell no! (go back and read my response to this in the other post, TEd, I can't give ya any more than that)




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But what if you ride in a PHAETON?



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3. Christianity
17. Penitentiary

aye to each, TEd! (be back later)


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But what if you ride in a PHAETON?

29. Phaeton...yepper!!! (I don't believe you got this TEd! )

Numbers solved: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38







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Pedagogues? Has to be.



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Numbers solved: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38

And...

Numbers left:
5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 26, 30, 31, 34, 35.

Go home Ted, your mother's calling you.



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Got it! # 6.

rare mad frolic
is
A film road race.


Thank you.


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A film road race.

Yeahbut®, Yeahbut®...there was no film when that was written and published, milum! ...and I guess they wuz racin' horse'n'buggies?

But another good new one, like Fat Elvis!

nay


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Ok Whitman, but the out-of-date definition had better be good! OK, see if you can weasel your way out of this one...

# 5

Great Helps
equals
Elephants.


( O'boy, O'boy, by the time I polish off this little quiz I'll be a Pooh-Bah. )


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whistle ~~whistle, like taking candy, from a baby...o'yes where was I? I'll take # 13 for $200...

# 13

I Hire Parsons
the survey said...
A parishioner. __________yea!


(you know... a road race film in the 19th century would be a RARE event, now wouldn't it. Oh well.)


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# 5

Great Helps
equals
Elephants.


Gee, Milum...and the "G" is for Gelephant?...'n' where's the "n"?


nayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! :(



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I quit.
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I quit.

Quitters never prosper.

Don't go away mad, milum...but if you must, let me tell you first that TEd already solved #13, and you included it in your survey of both the solved and unsolved. A throwback to your Atlantean roots? Try and try again...see ya tomorrow...



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Disappointment


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Great helps is "telegraphs" (doesn't need the "s" at all, actually)
no more stars is "astronomers"
real fun is "funeral"

(those last two could be called "antigrams," as the re-arrangement means the opposite of the presentation)

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(from WW)

#28. Disappointment...yay!

(from wofa)

#5. Telegraphs...yay!

Numbers solved: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38




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I'm stuck on #20!

I get "Phantom's Ire"

and also "Hone Armpits"

...and I know neither is right, but maybe those scrambles will send somebody in the right direction. The clue is: "Spare Him Not."


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hint #3...just for Your Stuckness, WW, because of all your long-suffering and patience on the HogWWash® thread ...Moliére.


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Got it! #20 "Spare Him Not" = Misanthrope

Thanks for the clue, Juan! Instant recognition!


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Thanks for the clue, Juan! Instant recognition!

With a theatrical clue like that you better get it, Dub-Dub! Now am I forgiven for adjectively waiting, hmmm?

20. Misanthrope...yay!


Numbers solved: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38 [PLEASE NOTE: after this post I'm changing this list to "Numbers Still Unsolved"]




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Juan,

Didn't Wolfaholic get 5 and 21 in his 5, 11, and 21 post? His answers for 5 and 21 sure seemed to be on the money to me...

WW

P.S. It is time to go to bed. These things are horribly addictive!


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Didn't Wolfaholic get 5 and 21 in his 5, 11, and 21 post?

Oops!...sorry, wofa!...missed 11...guess I'm startin' to go google-eyed!

#11. Astronomers...yay!

Numbers still unsolved: 6,7,9,12,14,18,19,22,24,26,30,31,34,35


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Nice pate?


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thanks bonzai, i am terrible at anagrams.. but your re-arrangement made it clear to me..
a nice pet = patience!




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Without that extra T in 12, it could be opposition.

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(from FF)

12. close, but no cigar...(see my hint post to TEd for the same number) ...nay

(from of troy)

#32. patience...yay!

Numbers still unsolved: 6,7,9,12,14,18,19,22,24,26,30,34,35






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#18. Veto. Un corse la finira

Rearrangingly becomes...

#81. Love 'tis no unfair race.


( Last time Whitman you accused me of leaving letters out so this time, at great expense, I color-coded the letters to be sure. Actually this version is better...
On love: is an unfair race.
but that would leave a "T" out and we don't want to leave a "T" out, now do we Whitman? )_____


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Got as a clue = coagulates


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14. coagulates...nay (I ain't buyin' it! )


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arinif al esroc nU .oteV .81#

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall..."

from Mr. Milomium...naybe (that be nay) Please try again.


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14. coagulates...nay (I ain't buyin' it! )


I disagree. I think that's as much a good anagram for the clue as some of the others up there.

WW

P.S. I hope you're having a good time enjoying all this misery, Juan! You oughta see my working list on this dadburned computer. I have some of the dumbest possibilities a body could ever want. In fact, I'm going to turn into a sot trying to solve "I call many sot." And I still think "coagulates" works as "got as a clue" in forensic medicine, for instance!


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I call many sot, you see. I am a health food nut. I eat soy crisps for breakfast, soy leaf salad for lunch, and tofu for supper. I am obsessed about soy. And I am very worried about people who drink anything other than soy sauce with meals. I do call many "sot" because I eat what they eat not. Therefore I am a:

"Soy Claimant."

You see, Juan? I am in misery. I sit here with my stupid combinations and try to talk myself into submitting them as possible answers--and I should have been in bed an hour ago because it's a school night.

Thanks a lot!
From a Word Sot.


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(that be nay) Please try again.

Oh yeah, well I've got an anagram for you...

WhitmanO'niel

exposeziated as...

Nitman in whole.

I quit!_____


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I think that's as much a good anagram for the clue as some of the others up there.

I agree, WW...but "coagulates" isn't the answer here...(hint: my comment was a clue ).


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catalogues?


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14. Catalogues...yay!

Numbers still unsolved: 6,7,9,12,18,19,22,24,26,30,34,35






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Was answered Friday -- pedagogues



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This is groping around for straws, and I'm not even certain it's a word --monastically????

monastic ally???

If this isn't it, I won';t be surprised, but I also won't do another lick of work on it. Makes my brain HURT!



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dissemination

This was really tough. I kept trying to see admission or mission which are both logical from the clue words. I finally just used the old way of starting with the head of the alphabet and doing it by elimination. UGH!



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If I use my full name of Alexander, I can create some anagrams, such as Animal lair, lewd sex and Waxen Dr: ill? malaise?, and if I use all three of my names I can arrive at Alias Dr. Nina Bier Maxwell


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Again, I don't know if this is the right answer, but "Veto. Un corse la finira." anagrams to "Urania's reflection". The hint about mirror mirror on the wall gave me reflection(s) and Urania is the only word I can get from the remaining letters.





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Who is Arthur Wellesley? There was a Richard Wellesley who was the first Marquis of Wellesley, but Arthur?

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I shoulda googled first! The Duke of Wellington!!!!!!!!!!


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Horatio Nelson. I darned near missed the clue of the odd capitalized word.



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Magnetical



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(from Boronia)

24. Solemnity...yay!

(from TEd)

22. Magnetical...not quite, TEd...nay (hint: a real mystery!)

26. Pedagogues (right-o, TED...you solved this Friday, just forgot to strike the number...)

18. Veto. Un corse la finira. (time to offer some more straightforward hints on some of these...I thought I was going to have to say "historical figures" for the two you just solved, TEd! Good going. Also apply that to #9.
"Mirror, Mirror" was just a joking repartée to milum's post...sorry, TEd...here's the hint for #18...historical milestone in another language)

yay! to all of the following!

7. Horatio Nelson
30. Monastically
34. Arthur Wellesley
35. Dissemination

(Hard to believe this book was designed for young grammar school kids in it's day...there was also a "Girl's Own Book"...are we becoming less literate?)


Numbers remaining unsolved: 6,9,12,18,19,22








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...Kids had less to think about, Juan. We've been through this before.


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Enigmatical. Thanks for the hint!


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I am very close on this, but I have an extra s:

I Am Charles Stuart.





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..Kids had less to think about, Juan. We've been through this before.

My, we seem to have an acute case of glossalitis lately, don't we ASp? I'd have that checked out if I were you!




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Bingo, boronia!

22. Enigmatical...yay!

Sorry on that #9, TEd...it's prolly pretty obscure, so...hint: try three names.

Numbers remaining unsolved: 6,9,12,18,19


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Musta been that non-potable stuff.


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*glossitis

That's glossalitis.


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glossalitis

This a Juan neologism, then? :p :p :p :p [sic]


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In reply to:

This a Juan neologism, then? :p :p :p :p


I think glossitis would look more like :p


Other medical emoticons:

Stomatitis... :o
Keratitis... :(


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rhinophyma... :o}


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6. Radical reform

18. Francaise Revolution? Not that *that* makes any sense...


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This a Juan neologism, then? :p :p :p :p [sic]

Yep...that's a combination of gloss-: tongue and colossal...glossalitis.

'Sides, don't ya read your Daily Word?

Date: Fri Aug 23 00:01:05 EDT 2002
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--glossal
(YCLIU )




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6. Radical reform...yay!

18. Francaise Revolution...allllmost FB! (definite article )

Numbers remaining unsolved: 9,12,18,19



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to sip potion? (I know, pretty feeble, but it's the best up with which I can come)


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#18 Veto. Un corse la finira translates from the Italian as...

Hey Veto, Why day keepa onna da fighta inna da France?

Then Italian translated and rearranged to English gives us the answer...

A révolution is France.

Simple huh?


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Ready? Announcing...

_________ #19 >>>>> COMICAL TRADE <<<<< 19#________

Boy, those old guys had a terrific sense of humour didn't they, get this; The answer is...

___________________A CALM CREDITOR____________

Ha ha ha ha ha ! Get it? ________________Yeah me neither.____


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I am Charles Stuart's, claims Arthur's seat



(I think maybe we're all getting a little punch-drunk)

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What I don't get, Milum, is why you spell humor humour.


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But it is spelt humour.


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COMICAL TRADE + R ==>A CALM CREDITOR

____Yeah me neither.____


Nor I... (get it? no "R". Hardee har har har (cracking-up-myself-emoticon)


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re;What I don't get, Milum, is why you spell humor humour.

it could be an affectation, or just because he is in the spirit of the anagrams, or maybe, just i spell grey (correctly, our friends of pond pointed out) and not gray -- (and actually i use both) it might just be something Mr.M does just because he does.

Mind you, i think spelling is hard enough with out extra letters, and would be pleased with fewer, not more letters, 'nuf said!


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What I don't get, Milum, is why you spell humor humour. - annastrophic

I spell humor humour anna in order to suck up to the British. It might come in handy. There's a move afoot to make England the 51st state.

Moving right along...

O POISON PITT

is a rather recent construction. The answer is...

POT IS OPTION

( Note the poor use of articles)


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Point is: comical trade does not equal: "a calm creditor" since there's one too many "r's" in "a calm creditor," as was pointed out above.

However, the little-known trade:

lamioccarted

would be a solution, but this particular comical trade is so little-known, that it ain't in a single dictionary.

So, back to the drawing board...


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POT IS OPTION?
not when you are in the
Top Position ! (wasn't one the Pitt's a PM then?)

Of course they didn't have Wiley Willie's option of not inhaling, back then! but i think the drug of choice then was opium.


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Juan, time for y'all to start up a new thread, ¿si?


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