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by Foretopman
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:36 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Friday, March 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 29
Views: 2590

Re: Friday, March 15, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I relatively recently read the Samuel Eliot Morison biography of JPJ, so this was an instaget. But if I hadn't read it I would have had no guess. :)
by Foretopman
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 39
Views: 2084

Re: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

CyrusChan wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:09 pm

what was the machine Yogesh was trying to fix that Friday?
CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure. It's the machine that treats sleep apnea by preventing one from snoring excessively.

I too was greatly amused by Yoghesh pretending to pull a random common name.
by Foretopman
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Reretaken Down
Replies: 5469
Views: 1451994

Re: Reretaken Down

alietr wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:30 pm Thanks to Robert, we have upgraded our server. The hope is that the upgrade will end the technical issues we've been experiencing. At least at the moment, it's much more spritely.
It certainly is more spritely! A big "Thank you" to everyone who works so hard to keep the board running.
by Foretopman
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 2/26/24 week
Replies: 11
Views: 509

Re: FJs for the 2/26/24 week

Leander wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:50 pm Tobruk instead of El Alamein.
+1
by Foretopman
Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, February 8, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 29
Views: 2051

Re: Thursday, February 8, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Bamaman wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:09 pm
I had Folsom Prison Blues, which was released in 1955.
I also guessed FPB, and I'm glad to learn it wasn't totally off base :D
by Foretopman
Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 1/29/24 week
Replies: 13
Views: 1164

Re: FJs for the 1/29/24 week

My first box of glory in a looong time!
by Foretopman
Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 1/1/24 week
Replies: 16
Views: 1592

Re: FJs for the 1/1/24 week

Little House on the Prairie, and I've been saying 20** as "twenty **" since 2001
by Foretopman
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 39
Views: 4210

Re: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

My daughter has just pointed out to me that the category has been "Landmarks" two days in a row. Have they ever had the same category two days in a row before?
by Foretopman
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 39
Views: 4210

Re: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Wow, congratulations on the well deserved win, Morbeedo. But did you have to make it that exciting? I think I was literally on the edge of my seat.
by Foretopman
Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: FJs for the 12/18/23 week
Replies: 19
Views: 1574

Re: FJs for the 12/18/23 week

I have not read the book, I have not seen the movie, I have not heard of the opera, but I got Dead Man Walking right.

Not being a LLama, and not ever having been in NYC, I was out of luck on Monday.
by Foretopman
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:19 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, December 7, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 25
Views: 37923

Re: Thursday, December 7, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I played this off the archive and had a really hard time parsing the clue. I spent a long time trying to figure out what it might mean to "Japanese laugh". Once I figured out what kind of answer was required I couldn't decide between "esperanto" and "lingua franca" and ...
by Foretopman
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, December 4, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 38
Views: 48597

Re: Monday, December 4, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

opusthepenguin wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:19 pm And we definitely winced with Kristen when she mis-parsed DD3.
I made exactly the same mistake she did :oops:
by Foretopman
Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 35
Views: 33658

Re: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Woof wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:47 pm
Foretopman wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:48 pm
da Doctah wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:29 pm F'rinstance, did you know that Joe Walsh is married to Barbara Bach's sister?
Or that Mick Fleetwood was married to Patty Boyd's sister?
Pattie FTR
Thank you for the correction :oops:
by Foretopman
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 35
Views: 33658

Re: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

da Doctah wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:29 pm F'rinstance, did you know that Joe Walsh is married to Barbara Bach's sister?
Or that Mick Fleetwood was married to Patty Boyd's sister?
by Foretopman
Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, November 27, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 33
Views: 20306

Re: Monday, November 27, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Rackme32 wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:33 pm Hard to believe an old city would have a visual pun on its coat of arms, huh?
I can't cite any examples right now, but visual puns are actually not uncommon in coats of arms.
by Foretopman
Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 34
Views: 5739

Re: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

BigDaddyMatty wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:01 pm Ticked at myself for not being able to pull Elizabeth Blackwell's name.
I got Blackwell, but I'm ticked at myself for not being able to pull Daniel Handler's name :oops:
by Foretopman
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, October 16, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 28
Views: 3621

Re: Monday, October 16, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

Also, "gravitational waves" and "gravity waves" are two quite different things. That's interesting. I wonder if the attempt to standardize that distinction is more recent. I can find plenty of references to the former referred to as the latter in the scientific literature, parti...
by Foretopman
Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Monday, October 16, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 28
Views: 3621

Re: Monday, October 16, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

In this context, does "predecessor" mean simply someone who came before or does it mean someone who previously won the Nobel Prize in Physics? I went with the second interpretation (and said "Einstein"). It seems that at least two of the contestants went with the first. Also, &qu...
by Foretopman
Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: Game Discussions
Topic: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Replies: 36
Views: 5601

Re: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

I was certain it was van Gogh, but Irises was not on my radar. I went with something that isn't quite the name of one of his paintings: Garden at Arles.