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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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This is a sort of spawn of the 'fall' thread. Post two words and the next poster has to connect them, as briefly and elegantly as possible.
Eg: Herring - cymbal could go Herring - fish - scales - music - orchestra - brass - cymbal.
mattress - bicycle [ 12. February 2012, 01:13: Message edited by: Imaginary Friend ]
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Sir Kevin
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- bedding - jumping - BMX - bicycle
Singer - industrial
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Dafyd
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quote: Originally posted by Sir Kevin: Singer - industrial
Sewing machine manufacturer - manufacture - factory
Too easy.
Tyrannosaurus - plumbing
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Sir Kevin
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Indigestion - internal
Architecture - abstract
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Lyda*Rose
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architecture- Wright- Guggenheim Museum- Pollock- abstract
whisky-Neopolitan mastiff [ 09. August 2011, 23:09: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
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Ariston
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whisky-whiskey-Parisian Métro ad-Overnight sleeper train to Milan—Eurostar Italia—getting stuck near Casserta—view of the Bay of Naples-Naples-Neapolitan Mastiff
Simony—cheese
-------------------- “Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Piglet
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Simony - buying - shopping - cheese shop at Liverpool Street Station - cheese.
wisdom - GIN
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Jahlove
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wisdom - book - leaves - tree - juniper - berries - GIN
horse - cushion
-------------------- “Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” - Mark Twain
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Stetson
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horse - mare - old - grandmother - knitting - needle - pin - cushion
fireworks - ukelele
-------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Sir Kevin
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fireworks - on the beach - in Hawaii - ukulele
ASBOs - clergy
-------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Dafyd
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quote: Originally posted by Sir Kevin: ASBOs - clergy
- Young offenders - Youth - Youth group - Youth worker -
Guppy - David Cameron
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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- piranha - bites - cuts - Tories
lemon - triangle [ 10. August 2011, 10:44: Message edited by: Firenze ]
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Chorister
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passport - visa - card - cut - jigsaw
(and not a 'philosophy' in sight!
How many steps from chorister to riot?
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easy.
Chorister - choir - beer - riot
marmalade - Xray
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Dafyd
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marmalade - food - stomach - internal organs - X-ray.
starfish - Belgium
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Ariston
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grasshopper-Zen-Japan-Fuji-san-mountain
Chartreuse-philosophy
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Sir Kevin
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Chartreuse - lemon-lime colour - Mountain Dew - caffeine - coffee house - protest songs - philosophy
British Racing Green - Skoda [ 10. August 2011, 20:17: Message edited by: Sir Kevin ]
-------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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- racing cars - non-racing cars -
aardvark - meringue
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Stetson
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aardvark - Afrikaans - Orange - lemon - meringue
geometry - debauchery
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Firenze
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- squares - swingers -
melon - introspection
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Masha
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melon - flesh - navel gazing - introspection
piano - plankton
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Ariston
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piano-wires-lines-fishing-fish food-plankton
Tea—Daleks
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Dafyd
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Tea - fictional characters who like tea - The Doctor - Daleks
Sahara Desert - Rupert Murdoch
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Lyda*Rose
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Sahara Desert- camels- spit- Rupert Murdoch
apple-Hoover Dam
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Stetson
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apple - red - Reds - J. Edgar Hoover - Hoover Dam
Britney Spears - Thomist
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Ariston
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B. Spears-sound-music-art-aesthetics-The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas-Umberto Eco-Thomist
anthropology-carpeting
-------------------- “Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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Piglet
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anthropology ... study ... the study, where I'm sitting, which has no ... carpeting
lamb shanks - Shakespeare
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Stetson
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lamb shanks - shanks - knives - knife in the back- Julius Caeser - Shakespeare
mermaid - Johnny Cash
-------------------- I have the power...Lucifer is lord!
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Dafyd
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mermaid - sea creature - otter - Ring of Bright Water - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
gadget - bridesmaid
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Herrick
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Gadget - handy - handmaiden - bridesmaid
cheese - motorbike
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Stetson
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cheese - mouse - The Mouse And The Motorcycle - motorcyle - motorbike
wizard - groceries [ 11. August 2011, 09:34: Message edited by: Stetson ]
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Chorister
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wizard - Hogwarts - school dinners - groceries
Bach - Monster Raving Loony
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Sir Kevin
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(Oh, great - now you've killed it! What on earth is a Monster Raving Loony?)
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Firenze
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Bach - music - party - politics - Monster Raving Looney
(sir K, MRL is an actual UK political party. I'm surprised you didn't know).
wallpaper - gerbil
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Sir Kevin
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Wallpaper - wallpaper paste - things you shouldn't eat - gerbil
Wand - Eeyore
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Firenze
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wand - wood -trees - -Hundred Acre Wood - Pooh -Eeyore
marquetry - spongebag
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Jahlove
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inlay - get laid - kinky - prince albert - victoria - sponge
reggae - broccoli
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Ariston
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reggae-Rasta-weed-cannabids-rosids-brassicae-broccoli
Birds-be
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MiceElf
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reggae - music- talent - opportunity knocks - hughie green - eat your greens - brocoli
Meerkats - Markets
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Sir Kevin
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Birds - living beings -be
Euripides - bicycle
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Firenze
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Euripides - playwright - wheelwright - spokes - bicycle
banana - cathedral
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Dafyd
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banana - yellow - cowardice - prevarication - house of bishops - bishop - cathedral
honesty - journalist
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Ariston
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tractor-drag-pull-"pull to open"-sardine can-sardine
Circus-Hell
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Stetson
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Circus - ring - circle - Circles Of Hell - Hell
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Mae West [ 12. August 2011, 04:25: Message edited by: Stetson ]
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Lyda*Rose
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull- ocean bird- Pacific Ocean- West Coast/Hollywood- Mae West
eclair-Apocalypse Now
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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eclair - chocolate - sweets - treats - popcorn - cinema - films - Apocalypse Now
antimony - egg
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Dafyd
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antimony - Ancient Egyptian makeup - egg
saucepan - philosophy
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