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Hey, just because it is "his" thread doesn't mean we can unload on him with personal attacks. Let's be civil
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:33 pm Also don't recognize James Spader at all, nor either character named at $400.
He literally won two Emmys for his role as Alan Shore on Boston Legal.
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OntarioQuizzer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:49 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:33 pm Also don't recognize James Spader at all, nor either character named at $400.
He literally won two Emmys for his role as Alan Shore on Boston Legal.
And once for The Practice.
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OntarioQuizzer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:49 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:33 pm Also don't recognize James Spader at all, nor either character named at $400.
He literally won two Emmys for his role as Alan Shore on Boston Legal.
Can't say I've heard of Boston Legal.
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I definitely don't have a great J! record either and even I am surprised by some of these things you claim to have never heard of.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:38 pm
OntarioQuizzer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:49 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:33 pm Also don't recognize James Spader at all, nor either character named at $400.
He literally won two Emmys for his role as Alan Shore on Boston Legal.
Can't say I've heard of Boston Legal.

I also never heard of the actor, or the show. And, I'm sure they never heard of me. I'm content to keep it this way, and it's fine if it appears as a clue as long as someone has a shot at it.
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I am very much with him on wondering why Spader was the $400 clue, as I had never heard those two character names. Somehow I didn't equate "Boston lawyer" with Boston Legal quickly enough, and even if I had couldn't have named anybody who was on the show.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:38 pm
OntarioQuizzer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:49 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:33 pm Also don't recognize James Spader at all, nor either character named at $400.
He literally won two Emmys for his role as Alan Shore on Boston Legal.
Can't say I've heard of Boston Legal.
How about Pretty in Pink?
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opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:00 am
TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:38 pm Can't say I've heard of Boston Legal.
How about Pretty in Pink?
Just to clarify, Opus is referring to the 1980s Brat Pack film as opposed to the better-known My Little Pony convention held annually at the Abilene Ramada.
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JayK33 wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:49 pm I definitely don't have a great J! record either and even I am surprised by some of these things you claim to have never heard of.
To be fair, he claims to have never heard of things multiple times for the same thing.
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Modern versions of this ceremony can include pagan aspects like a bouquet of herbs or handfasting
I still see nothing whatsoever leading to "Wedding" in that clue.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:04 pm
Modern versions of this ceremony can include pagan aspects like a bouquet of herbs or handfasting
I still see nothing whatsoever leading to "Wedding" in that clue.
"Handfasting" made me think of binding two people's hands together. Toss in a bouquet (so to speak) and the word "ceremony" and I couldn't imagine it being anything else.
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seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:46 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:04 pm
Modern versions of this ceremony can include pagan aspects like a bouquet of herbs or handfasting
I still see nothing whatsoever leading to "Wedding" in that clue.
"Handfasting" made me think of binding two people's hands together. Toss in a bouquet (so to speak) and the word "ceremony" and I couldn't imagine it being anything else.
I just found the clue to be total word salad that I couldn't make heads or tails of. Another one of those "smell what the writer is cooking" clues I take it?
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:55 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:46 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:04 pm
Modern versions of this ceremony can include pagan aspects like a bouquet of herbs or handfasting
I still see nothing whatsoever leading to "Wedding" in that clue.
"Handfasting" made me think of binding two people's hands together. Toss in a bouquet (so to speak) and the word "ceremony" and I couldn't imagine it being anything else.
I just found the clue to be total word salad that I couldn't make heads or tails of. Another one of those "smell what the writer is cooking" clues I take it?
All I know is that I got it right by following my instincts on the words contained in the clue.
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seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:28 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:55 pm
seaborgium wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:46 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:04 pm
Modern versions of this ceremony can include pagan aspects like a bouquet of herbs or handfasting
I still see nothing whatsoever leading to "Wedding" in that clue.
"Handfasting" made me think of binding two people's hands together. Toss in a bouquet (so to speak) and the word "ceremony" and I couldn't imagine it being anything else.
I just found the clue to be total word salad that I couldn't make heads or tails of. Another one of those "smell what the writer is cooking" clues I take it?
All I know is that I got it right by following my instincts on the words contained in the clue.
Whereas my instincts said "I have no idea what handfasting is, and there are lots of ceremonies that could involve herbs or plants in some way, therefore this clue is impossible."
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:27 pmNo guess on FJ! HOW was this a triple get?!
Are you really curious and will apply the knowledge in the future? Or are you just tilting at windmills here? Because if you're just exasperated, stop.
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Volante wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:46 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:27 pmNo guess on FJ! HOW was this a triple get?!
Are you really curious and will apply the knowledge in the future? Or are you just tilting at windmills here? Because if you're just exasperated, stop.
What good does it do to have that particular piece of information in my brain? What good does it do YOU?
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Volante wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:46 pm Are you really curious and will apply the knowledge in the future?
Are you seriously asking this question?

What page are we on?
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:15 pm
Volante wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:46 pm
TenPoundHammer wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:27 pmNo guess on FJ! HOW was this a triple get?!
Are you really curious and will apply the knowledge in the future? Or are you just tilting at windmills here? Because if you're just exasperated, stop.
What good does it do to have that particular piece of information in my brain? What good does it do YOU?
A sense of accomplishment when I get clues right, and if I get them wrong, it's either "that's a way I can better myself" or "welp, I hope that one doesn't repeat when I get on."
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Volante wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:24 pm sense of accomplishment when I get clues right, and if I get them wrong, it's either "that's a way I can better myself" or "welp, I hope that one doesn't repeat when I get on."
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