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trainman wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:09 pm

StevenH wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2019 7:55 pm

The groups are posted for the indie music ML. I'm in 113.

I'm in a really obscure group. You wouldn't have heard of it.

I'll probably only play the first couple match days. I really don't like their later stuff...

Here's one for the judges...In Apollo Missions for $800, would V have been required or should Saturn be acceptable? Saturn alone would get BMSed. Definitely as there were three variants of the Saturn rocket: the Saturn I, Saturn IB, and Saturn V. Only the Saturn V meets the qualifications of the cl...

I looked at the list of female governors about a week ago and still didn't get this FJ right. Here's the list in case anyone is interested.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... ted_States

Very nice showing by Jason!

Defense in MLs is tough as a general rule.

I'll be interested to see how this FJ polls because I, too, thought it was a gimme until seeing several people here who whiffed on it. Even if you don't know Shirley Jackson has an award named after her (I certainly didn't), the rest of the clue seemed very much in the WECIB category. And I could s...

I'll be interested to see how this FJ polls because I, too, thought it was a gimme until seeing several people here who whiffed on it.

However, as anyone who reads this thread can grasp, any such criticism is simply not applicable in the present instance, because at most Emma could have bumped one person, and that person will get a ToC berth. How can you be sure? Just because they're eligible for the next ToC doesn't guarantee the...

DBear wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 13, 2019 3:14 pm

But I did pick up Bauhaus

I was pretty excited to see a clue about Bauhaus the band rather than Bauhaus the architecture!

hanzz wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 13, 2019 2:14 pm

And I don’t think she hesitated for one second to accept that invite knowing it full well, same as any of us wouldn’t hesitate.

I agree. No one is going to reject a ToC spot that is offered. Emma has no culpability here.

Seems like I've heard that etymology for "gumshoe" a million times, so it was an instant for me.

What was the wording of the clue that TPH thought was kangaroo? I totally remember it as asking about the Gobi Desert, not Australia.

I guessed Murphy Brown but no way I would have gone that route had I thought of Roseanne. Roseanne would certainly be pretty strong negbait especially if you're too young to really remember the original runs of either Roseanne or Murphy Brown. There wasn't anything overtly political that I can reca...

LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:54 pm

Look at it this way. Emma won more money in her three wins than most of the 4Xers who aren't competing in the Tournament of Champions.

Which is great and shows Emma is a great player, but the standard has always been that number of wins are the #1 criterion for ToC selection.

Seems like a great idea to finally give Ken the chance to compete in a ToC!

I don't like this. It feels contrary to the spirit of the tournament. Me either. I'd be absolutely pissed if I was a four-time champ but got passed over because they decided to choose giant killer Emma. It's an indefensible* move as far as I'm concerned. The bunch of other four-time champs were not...

I don't like this. It feels contrary to the spirit of the tournament. Me either. I'd be absolutely pissed if I was a four-time champ but got passed over because they decided to choose giant killer Emma. It's an indefensible* move as far as I'm concerned. The bunch of other four-time champs were not...

I got to jerry/jury rigged in one second and vacillated for the next 29. I didn’t Know it was nautical and thought it was derivative of WWI or WWII and the Germans’ nickname as Jerry’s. same with the Jerry can which I now must look up. Yes, I have a feeling that some people who say "jerry-rigged" a...

Robert K S wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:19 pm

This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:49 am

I thought "of course I can do lotus position" but I just tried and I can't do it anymore.

Like most (all?) things physical, it gets harder as you get older.

Some things must get easier, right? Let's see...I've got throwing your back out. Anything else?

I got to jerry/jury rigged in one second and vacillated for the next 29. I didn’t Know it was nautical and thought it was derivative of WWI or WWII and the Germans’ nickname as Jerry’s. same with the Jerry can which I now must look up. Yes, I have a feeling that some people who say "jerry-rigged" a...

Three of us watching at my house and we all knew FJ immediately, so was a bit surprised when the first two missed it. In my world "jerry-rigged" wouldn't be accepted.

My first instinct was Amazonia and I had to count the number of letters a couple times before realizing it's one short. Came up with Polynesia with just a few seconds left with little confidence. I have to agree this clue was a stinker.