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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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(was out of edit time, the word reading as Smudgiepoos should have been in quotes, refering to Annie P's comment and not to our dearly beloved penguin)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Posted
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Originally posted by dolphy:
<snip>I vote all Mummys to be should no longer compete in this game for fear of de-railing not only the thread but the use of proper words! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
So, Sister, dear...I'm exempt because I'm a "Mama", true?
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) as ever, the quick thinking and witty one. Careful that tongue doesn't cut you one of these days
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
# 862
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And, in order to un-de-rail this thread.
I say Water Melon.
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Pants
Emergency underwear
# 999
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Smudgiepoos? Smudgiepoos???
(Actually, on consideration, that sounds rather disgusting.... hee hee, like the contents of a baby's nappy when first weaned onto their five fruit and veg!)
My baby does very smudgie poos. All squished and smudgied. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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More scatological scattiness from Pants, I see.
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S'more
Apprentice
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by dolphy:
And, in order to un-de-rail this thread.
I say Water Melon.
Psssst, Dolphy. A word, please, in your blowhole. You oughter pick another melon than water. You left a space and a Martian will come through it and shoot you with his duplicating ray.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by dolphy:
as ever, the quick thinking and witty one. Careful that tongue doesn't cut you one of these days
![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif) Moi???
The cutting tongue would go with the biting wit ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) which are used to slice and dice these veggies and fruits. Care for some pickle relish with the collard greens, **hint-hint** ![[Biased]](wink.gif) Sister?
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Jason™
Host emeritus
# 9037
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Posted
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Originally posted by Hennah:
quote:
Originally posted by professorkirke:
Grapple (worst idea ever)
May I please have a star for having (inadvertently) mentioned another player's submission within mine earlier on:
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Originally posted by Hennah:
There once was a young man named Thrapple
For whom sitting was rather a grapple
'Til once his friend Pete
Saw what's stuck on his seat:
And said "Dude, you're sat on a pineapple"
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Hen
If you go to the website, it says, "Think Grape-L" which would be a different pronounciation. Just in case you're wondering.
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Hennah
Ship's Mother Hen
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Ah, mine had to rhyme.
I went with:
Grapple (gra'pul) 1.A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to clutch or grip each other.
2.A struggle (usu. for superiority or dominance).
Rather than:
Grapple (gray'pul): A combination between a grape and an apple. It looks and feels exactly like an apple, but tastes like a grape.
But also found:
Operation Grapple was a United Kingdom tri-service exercise leading to the detonation of the first British hydrogen bomb on May 15, 1957!
But, granted, I didn't know the fruit was pronounced like that, so I bow to your superior phoneticism.
Hen
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Jason™
Host emeritus
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Originally posted by Hennah:
But, granted, I didn't know the fruit was pronounced like that, so I bow to your superior phoneticism.
Haha, thanks, Hen. I've never been deemed superior by anyone for anything. Perhaps I will send you a peck of grapples for your kindness.
-Digory
[ETA: Oops I think I'm supposed to be letting this post drop to the 2nd page. I'll try that now.]
[ 12. September 2005, 01:26: Message edited by: professorkirke ]
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Posted
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Originally posted by Quizmaster, 17th August, when we were doing limericks:
and then the FIRST ROUND will start when, after that time, this thread reaches page 2. ...... So the Smart Alecs now know how to delay the start!
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Originally posted by Quizmaster, 3rd September, when we were doing towns and cities:
I expect round one to start sometime in the next week. I may even break the notion of waiting until this thread is on page two of the circus.
There has been nothing to say when the next round will start, other than what time of day it will be, according to the general rules posted at the very beginning.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
# 1435
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Originally posted by Papa Smurf:
There has been nothing to say when the next round will start, other than what time of day it will be, according to the general rules posted at the very beginning.
Given the lack of recent entries and an attempt at a takeover by the mothers union I think we can say it is all systems go for tonight. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
an attempt at a takeover by the mothers union
Is that like "the Brothers Grimm", or should there have been an apostrophe in there somewhere ?
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Given the lack of recent entries and an attempt at a takeover by the mothers union I think we can say it is all systems go for tonight.
Are you surprised - this thread must be the richest source of ingredients for their prizewinning Church-fete Vegetable Chutney that they've seen in a long time. Or is that the W.I.?
[ 12. September 2005, 11:16: Message edited by: Chorister ]
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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Posted
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Originally posted by Chorister:
...this thread must be the richest source of ingredients for their prizewinning Church-fete Vegetable Chutney that they've seen in a long time. Or is that the W.I.?
I wonder if we can get a calendar out of this to raise money for the organ fund?
<Great, now I have the immortal phrase in my head: I think we're going to need larger buns!>
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
# 1435
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Quick Check reveals that those knocked out in ROUND 1 for not entering a fruit or vegetable are :-
Anselm
Churchgeek
Dave the Bass
Dubitante
Esmeralda
Fen Church
Flausa
Foaming Draught
Hinematov
Leetle Masha
Little Miss Methodist
Lurker
Paul Mason
Sir Kevin
Splosh
Welsh Dragon
You are all now free to really ENJOY the competition as ALSO-RANS.
QUALIFIERS for ROUND 2 are :
Ann
Annie P
Auntie Doris
Barnabas62
C#
Carex
Chorister
Christianjimmy
Custard
Da_Musicman
Dolphy
Doublethink
Footdoc
Gladly The Cross-eyed Bear
Gort
Grits
Hazey Jane
Hennah
Jedijudy
Jonah the Whale
Left at the Altar
Marvin the Martian
Moth
MrSponge2U
Nutmeg
Pants
Papa Smurf
Papio
Paul W
Professorkirke
Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow
Quizmaster
R.D.Olivaw
Rugasaw
Sharkshooter
S'More
Smudgie
Tabby.Cat
The Rogue
Tom Day
Urbanita
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
# 1435
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ROUND TWO : VOLCANOES
This round has proved popular twice in the past so once again we shall ask you to find a volcano that has erupted recently.
Qualification is dependent upon you choosing a volcano that has erupted more recently than the one chosen by just one other competitor.
Of course, if somebody forgets to post then you are through just by naming a volcano.
N.B. I need a link to the webpage that specifies the date of the last eruption of your chosen volcano.
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S'more
Apprentice
# 10166
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Kilauea in Hawaii.
I feel safe with this one because to [url=http://this volcano page]www.exn.ca/volcanoes/types.cfm[/url]it never stops erupting. ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
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Hazey*Jane
Ship's Biscuit Crumbs
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Dammit - I was about to go for Anatahan.
To use the site you gave would not be very original, so I'll go for description of the Nyiragongo Volcano on this page on this page which has had an eruption plume detected on 7th September. Size isn't everything
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R.D. Olivaw
Shipmate
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ambrym
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S'more
Apprentice
# 10166
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Sorry about my stutter. I was traumatized by a volcano as a child and when I think about them, well, I...I...I...c-c-c-c-c-an't...t-t-t-t-alk.
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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(PS... If you'd been in the staffroom this morning when I had a major rant about current educational practice you'd have to agree that the most recent volcano eruption was on the Isle of Wight! ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) )
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
# 5297
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Shiveluch, Kamchatka, Russia. It's status is recorded as ongoing, on this site. I liked the photo up the top of the page of the volcano surrounded by snow.
Mine is concern color orange. I could not find what that meant on that site. It sounded good though, better than some that did not get assigned a concern colour.
ETA I have climbed an active volcano, guning Gede found at this this site. do I get extra points for having been up close and personal?
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
# 9110
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Pele Volcano on Io
I claim this must beat every volcano on earth for two reasons
a) it is continually erupting
b) by the time we see it, the light is already several hours old!
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Jason™
Host emeritus
# 9037
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Two questions:
1) Are we talking "significant eruption" or just "volcanic activity"?
2) Just to clarify, our choices have to be different than everyone else's, right? Or can you simply pick the same volcano as someone else? (It wasn't clearly stated in the rules of this round.)
-Digory
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Jason™
Host emeritus
# 9037
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Posted
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Originally posted by rugasaw:
Cleveland, Chuginadak Island, Alaska
Psst, rugasaw... it says "there was no evidence of eruptive activity at the volcano" for the Alaska one. Careful now!
-Digory
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Jonah the Whale
Ship's pet cetacean
# 1244
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The only one I've been up was mount Teide on Tenerife. I was quite pleased that it hadn't erupted since 1909.
Ann said: quote:
now see if everyone can get before 9 September 2005
Well I managed it, but I don't know that it will do me much good. And I promise I didn't deliberately use the same site as everyone else. I just googled Teide erupt and that's what I got.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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Loki spews out his fiery guts
The volcano an island abuts
Red as Rambustan
Full caldera span
Doublethink stares but the live feed cuts
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Jason™
Host emeritus
# 9037
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Posted
Here's mine:
Bumbershoot, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Monday, September 5th, 2005
Link 1
Link 2
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S'more
Apprentice
# 10166
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Posted
quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
The only one I've been up was mount Teide on Tenerife. I was quite pleased that it hadn't erupted since 1909.
Ann said: quote:
now see if everyone can get before 9 September 2005
Well I managed it, but I don't know that it will do me much good. And I promise I didn't deliberately use the same site as everyone else. I just googled Teide erupt and that's what I got.
In the immortal words of Auric Goldfinger:
“Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.”
[ 12. September 2005, 23:20: Message edited by: S'more ]
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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Tungurahua in Ecuador is my choice.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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The site I posted has the date. The year is at the top of the page!
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MrSponge2U
Ship’s scrub
# 3076
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Asama in Japan
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
# 5297
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Ahem.. Gort... you should check my post up above.
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Custard
Shipmate
# 5402
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I'll be boring and go for Etna. Unfortunately, I don't think the various ice volcanoes on Triton are named, nor do we know when they last erupted.
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christianjimmy
Shipmate
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Sakura-Jima, in Japan according to this page erupted 3/8/05 and according to halfway down this page errupted 2/9/05
Either way, this is my entry.
And in the intersts of being helpful to everyone else who may be looking for volcanos, Iceland has a number of the active bad-boys...
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Nutmeg
Ship's spice girl
# 5297
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Pants I obviously have nothing better to do today than police this thread. I think S'more has already selected that one.
(or maybe I am just blatantly trying to get extra brownie points up because I goofed last round.)
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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I wouldn't be much of a Martian if I didn't go for Olympus Mons.
Of course, it's last eruption is estimated to have been about 40 million years ago. But I'm optimistic that someone will forget to post in this round...
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