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| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 30-07-2023 @ 05:57 | ||
| A very pleasing 3 as I was stuck after the 2nd guess for quite some time. XXGYX XXYXX | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 29-07-2023 @ 02:58 | ||
| 5 | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 28-07-2023 @ 06:28 | ||
| A difficult and time consuming 4 | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 27-07-2023 @ 04:34 | ||
| A disappointing 5. Couldve been a 3 or 4 if I had my thinking cap on. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 26-07-2023 @ 05:48 | ||
| A nice 3 | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 25-07-2023 @ 10:47 | ||
Fatpete said: I think of many things language related but I hadn't thought of that. Some of my favourites are - "You're not a million miles away" meaning you're very close, and other random stuff that means something different to what it appears to mean. We used to have a linoleum lined corridor that ran from the offices and warehouse to the canteen. It was very well used and the lino duly fell to bits, it was replaced with laminated flooring. One of the workers was admiring the new floor when the American site manager saw him and asked him what he thought of it. "Very nice" came the reply "but if your boots are wet it isn't half slippy" "Gonna need an explanation" replied the manager "I know what slippy means, but I never heard of half-slippy. And you aren't saying that this is half slippy but that it isn't" That took some explaining that no Englishman would have ever needed However I will give more thought to the excellent point you raise and thank you warmly for the raising of it. Thank you Oh yes, as an Irishman I always thought the British "not half" expression was quite peculiar. I've also always found "you had better.." a curious case too, surely the 'had' is superfluous? | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 25-07-2023 @ 08:15 | ||
Fatpete said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBbBbY4qvv4 So moving on from the house number post a day or so back I was musing over why Americans have such big house numbers, the Simpsons live at 742 Evergreen, Sheldon Cooper 2311 Los Robles and as a child in Young Sheldon 5501. I stumbled across the above. I enjoyed it. Hope you do too Very enjoyable Pete, thanks. Do you ever think about abbreviations/alternative phrases that take longer to say than the original word? The classic example being "half a dozen" instead of "six". Also, saying "VW" has more syllables than just saying Volkswagen. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 25-07-2023 @ 00:05 | ||
| A quick and easy 3. XXXGX XXXXG | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 24-07-2023 @ 03:32 | ||
| A tricky 5. When you've only 1 yellow letter after two guesses, you know you're in for a challenge. YXXXX XXXXX XGXXG XGXXG | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 23-07-2023 @ 10:08 | ||
Fatpete said:A rare and delightful two GYXXG It wasn't quick but having been gifted a rare opportunity I felt I should try to make the most of it. Minimal scribbling. Total number of twos is now fourteen which as a percentage of 501 is 2.8ish. So rare birds indeed Nice one Pete. I have only a single two in 95 attempts, since my stats got reset a few months ago. | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 23-07-2023 @ 03:48 | ||
| A ponderous 3 XXXYX XXGXY | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 22-07-2023 @ 02:07 | ||
| Another one of those lucky dip 5s. Took a few attempts to get letters 1 and 4. YXXYY XGGXG XGGXG XGGXG | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 21-07-2023 @ 07:34 | ||
| A fortunate enough 3. XGXXY XXXXY | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 20-07-2023 @ 00:24 | ||
| 4 | |||
| » An old, fat fool starts a log. Hope no-one minds (Go to post) | 19-07-2023 @ 23:57 | ||
Fatpete said: Good man, then my typing wasn't in vain I enjoyed it immensely too Pete | |||