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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Securing contestant's seat … #1764 04/30/00 11:40 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb OP addict OP paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia I'm fascinated by today's citation: how does one "secure a contestant's seat"? Is this a phrase in common usage? And why is this a prime pursuit of trivia buffs? Is it, perhaps, a reference to some adhesive (like "Tarzan's Grip" here in Australia)? Do tell, please. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Securing contestant's seat … paulb 04/30/00 11:40 AM Re: Securing contestant's seat … tsuwm 04/30/00 02:48 PM Re: Securing contestant's seat … jmh 04/30/00 09:49 PM 1,000,000 air dogtide 05/01/00 10:35 PM Re: 1,000,000 air Philip Davis 05/01/00 11:27 PM Re: 1,000,000 air jmh 05/02/00 07:58 PM Re: 1,000,000 air jmh 05/02/00 07:56 PM Re: Securing contestant's seat … Philip Davis 05/01/00 11:29 PM Re: Securing contestant's seat … lusy 05/02/00 02:18 AM Re: Securing contestant's seat … Philip Davis 05/02/00 11:02 AM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? tsuwm 05/02/00 01:53 PM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? jmh 05/02/00 08:11 PM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? tsuwm 05/03/00 02:07 AM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? jmh 05/03/00 07:25 AM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? Philip Davis 05/02/00 10:08 PM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? jmh 05/03/00 07:23 AM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? lusy 05/03/00 07:44 AM Re: Securing contestant's seat ? tsuwm 05/03/00 12:50 PM Gaffer Tape Philip Davis 05/03/00 07:17 PM Re: gaffer tsuwm 05/03/00 08:15 PM Re: gaffer paulb 05/04/00 10:26 AM Re: Gaffer Tape jmh 05/04/00 02:13 PM Re: £1,000,000 jmh 05/04/00 02:21 PM Re: £1,000,000 dogtide 05/05/00 06:00 AM Re: £1,000,000 Meta4 05/09/00 02:50 AM Re: £1,000,000 Meta4 05/09/00 02:55 AM Re: £1,000,000 jmh 05/09/00 07:03 AM Tinnies Meta4 05/11/00 09:43 PM Re: Tinnies jmh 05/12/00 07:21 AM Re: Tinnies Philip Davis 05/12/00 08:54 AM Re: Duct Tape tsuwm 05/04/00 02:41 PM Re: Duct Tape jmh 05/04/00 03:09 PM Re: Duct Tape tsuwm 05/05/00 11:36 AM Re: Duct Tape tsuwm 05/09/00 02:28 PM Re: Duct Tape jmh 05/09/00 08:07 PM Re: Duct Tape shanks 05/11/00 02:58 PM Re: PC tsuwm 05/11/00 03:34 PM Re: Charlie Dimmock jmh 05/11/00 06:11 PM Re: 'promotion' to master tsuwm 05/03/00 12:54 PM 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,316 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 679 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,533 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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