Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 26, 2023

12:01 am

SueMagee

He7

12:02 am

cybernan

Hello everyone

12:03 am

SueMagee

Hello, nan. We7

12:03 am

SueMagee

Herpes

12:04 am

SueMagee

Oh, sorry!

12:08 am

dizgrannie

op 7

12:10 am

dizgrannie

el 7

12:11 am

nava

el 7

12:11 am

nava

he 7

12:11 am

broll

pa 7

12:11 am

Gillie

lo7

12:13 am

Gillie

po7

12:13 am

Gillie

wi7

12:17 am

Gillie

pi7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

SueMagee

Ol 8/9

12:17 am

Gillie

za7

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:19 am

SummerBreeze44

re8

12:20 am

Rainiqui

I got them the same time as you Sue but you obviously type faster than me, lol !

12:20 am

SueMagee

Doubt it, rain!

12:20 am

Gillie

ca7

12:24 am

Gillie

pa7 x 2

12:28 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and over half way -- good night everyone :)

12:34 am

Gillie

se7

1:27 am

juniperberet

here

1:28 am

juniperberet

apologies, no longer here lmao

2:35 am

dizgrannie

finally got the Ps

2:41 am

lynxxx

TY for the OL Sue

3:59 am

dizgrannie

FWs

8:24 am

MollyL

It is interesting reading some of the commentary on the Barbie movie.

8:40 am

rururocks

how's that?

8:46 am

MollyL

Barbie has always been a little controversial from a feminist point of view

8:48 am

MollyL

But the Barbie movie turns this around and as one reviewer says "This is a feminist Utopia where the Barbies are all-powerful and the Kens, led by Ryan Gosling, are a bunch of second-class, useless halfwits."

8:49 am

rururocks

oh .. is hollywood out of ideas for movies?

8:51 am

MollyL

No idea, but I am surprised at the popularity of this movie. It looks shallow and brainless to me.

8:55 am

HarryHood

found the 9!!!

8:58 am

HarryHood

100 to go. bbl hopefully!

9:47 am

mkg

Any clues for the ol 8/0 welcome.

9:50 am

mkg

is the 8 two words? Ty.

9:51 am

mkg

I meant the ol 8/9. Sorry.

9:51 am

mkg

Molly we went to see it with grandkids and it was actually a suprise since it was pretty clever.

9:52 am

MollyL

Sorry, but nothing about Barbie is "clever" to me.

9:57 am

rururocks

maybe it's a kid's movie molly

9:58 am

mkg

Well, i hated barbies. I was about 8 when they came out. Before that Ginny dolls came out and i loved my Ginny and never had a barbie. But still the writing was clever for this movie. I read an interesting article about how Barbie and Oppenheimer are the same movie. Both about something that negatively affected our global environment: between atomic radiation and plastics, our globe has been horribly harmed with polution. I thought that was interesting.

9:59 am

mkg

Does anyone know if the ol 8/9 are words we use? Just not seeing them at all.

10:00 am

rururocks

it's a poisonous bush

10:02 am

java2

mkg, you're the only other person I've encountered who had a Ginny doll, as I did.

10:02 am

mkg

Just got the ol 8 and 9. Ty. And ty for the meaning ruru

10:02 am

72 Temple Owl

Ol9. growing outside her door
Soon they're gonna be in bloom up in Annandale

10:03 am

mkg

Java, do you still have it???????? Now they were great dolls. I still have some clothing. I gave mine to my daughter and we dont know what happened to it. But what a fantastic doll!

10:03 am

mkg

Temple, ty for this info.

10:04 am

java2

I do not. My mom threw all my dolls away when I moved out to go to college.

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

i cannot make musical notes on my keyboard. so i just sang it

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

:D

10:04 am

mkg

Too bad. Java for me the beauty of ginny was that she was the age of the girls playing with her. I loved her so much.

10:05 am

java2

♪ and ♫ (alt +13 and alt + 14)

10:05 am

72 Temple Owl

time to get ready for zumba.

10:05 am

72 Temple Owl

too hot for a walk

10:06 am

java2

Exactly, mkg. Not a grown up doll at all! But she still had lots of accessories you could buy. And I did "build" her an apartment out of a box one of my dad's suits came in.

10:06 am

moolingwa

morning

10:08 am

72 Temple Owl

does not work in windows 10

10:08 am

mkg

Cute java. I made a house for her on a shelf and a bed out of some paper. I also had this pink thing that was a box we bought that was to put her clothes into. It had mini hangers and you hung up the clothing. It was like a closet.

10:10 am

java2

I built a bed, too, and walls to make separate rooms. I should have paid more attention to that, because if took me about 30 years to realize I had to study architecture - grin.

10:11 am

java2

I don't remember a "closet", though. That would have been great.

10:11 am

MollyL

I got the Steely Dan reference

10:12 am

72 Temple Owl

Thank you, molly. i am glad someone does.

10:13 am

72 Temple Owl

happy babbling.

10:27 am

HarryHood

love me some steely dan

10:27 am

HarryHood

have we ever had bodhisattva in the grid

10:31 am

MollyL

Don Fagen said most people didn't get that song.

10:33 am

HarryHood

there was this one time when richard gere was taking the dalai lama on a tour. howard stern sent his interviewer (stuttering john) to be in the audience, and he asked "do you get mad when people say 'hello dolly' to you?" richard gere got really mad.

10:34 am

HarryHood

I don't think richard gere got that song.

10:35 am

cherlyq

so got good news yesterday and today I was released from wound care and home health cause wound finally started healing

10:35 am

HarryHood

congrats cheryl

10:35 am

rururocks

that's good cheryl.. hope you recover fully soon

10:39 am

MollyL

One of the most amusing things I have ever seen was the chart for how to go from being a DeadHead to a DanFan

10:39 am

cherlyq

Thank you

10:40 am

dcseain

I know someone long ago who went from following The Dead to following Fish.

10:40 am

hokie carla

or was it phish

10:40 am

HarryHood

I used to follow the dead. and then I did see phish frequently as well. I saw them first when they opened for santana around 1989 or 90

10:40 am

dcseain

yes, Phish, you are correct. my bad

10:41 am

dcseain

nice, Harry

10:41 am

MollyL

Harry was a total stoner

10:41 am

HarryHood

the only steely dan I ever saw was when fagin and becker did their "ny rock and soul revue" which kind of stunk.

10:42 am

rururocks

DC gets the Tiara today

10:43 am

MollyL

Fagin = The Bad Guy In "Oliver"
Fagen = The guy in Steely Dan
😊

10:43 am

HarryHood

oopsie

10:43 am

HarryHood

bill sykes was the bad guy. fagin was just his whipping boy

10:44 am

dcseain

Tiaras are for Tuesdays :)

10:44 am

rururocks

there ya go DC

10:44 am

rururocks

Tiaras and Tacos

10:45 am

MollyL

Fagin was definitely a bad guy

10:46 am

HarryHood

haven't seen or read in decades, so I don't even remember. but I thought fagin ends up being a tragic figure and bill sykes is the real villain

10:52 am

HarryHood

70 to go. bye for now!

10:55 am

rururocks

*starts the Harryhood countdown clock*

11:00 am

rururocks

(jeopardy music in the background)

11:03 am

MollyL

Harry and Carla need to keep us constantly aware of their status 😊

11:03 am

rururocks

sure and Hurshy and Moolingwa

11:14 am

hokie carla

hey, you had no idea I was in and out this morning

11:14 am

dcseain

indeed!

11:16 am

hokie carla

I have 192 left if you need to know

11:16 am

rururocks

thanks for the update hokie :D

11:18 am

periwinkle

hello. help with za7 please

11:18 am

cherlyq

235 here but have found some fun ones so far

11:18 am

periwinkle

141 left here

11:19 am

MollyL

Like the fried chicken Colonel. Start with z and remove the U

11:20 am

MollyL

Oh skip the U part. There is no U in his name

11:20 am

periwinkle

ty Molly got it and the pl

11:20 am

MollyL

The 7 is the plural

11:21 am

rururocks

*molly wins a pair of KFC Crocs*

11:22 am

periwinkle

got the za6 and the pl

11:23 am

hokie carla

sounds like buffy's friend. thanks.

11:23 am

periwinkle

I have ol8 and re8. what are stats for last 8 please

11:24 am

rururocks

PI 8/50

11:24 am

periwinkle

ty ruru looking

11:25 am

periwinkle

found pi6/7 but not the pi8

11:30 am

moolingwa

there's a 7/8 pi combo, not related to the 6/7 combo

11:30 am

periwinkle

may I have a hint please

11:30 am

moolingwa

possibly more too...I have 12 P's to go

11:30 am

moolingwa

type of sailing ship

11:31 am

periwinkle

I could do with out 40 C words today

11:31 am

moolingwa

yeah, still 9 of those too :)

11:31 am

periwinkle

I don't know anything about shiips. will keep looking

11:32 am

moolingwa

the 7 ends in something you might find in Vegas on certain tables :)

11:32 am

hokie carla

rehi, I'm back. mark it down.

11:32 am

moolingwa

and a very fine hello to you hokes

11:33 am

hokie carla

mooo!

11:33 am

moolingwa

how goes you this fine Wednesday

11:33 am

periwinkle

ty moo

11:33 am

hokie carla

pretty good, how about you?

11:33 am

moolingwa

yw peri

11:35 am

moolingwa

well, not great mentally...too little sleep, so just trying to make it through the work day and get my head back down on the pillow

11:35 am

hokie carla

ugh

11:35 am

periwinkle

120 left, bbl

11:35 am

moolingwa

seeya peri

11:37 am

hokie carla

wow, just closed the left A on first try. somebody mark that down.

11:37 am

moolingwa

woot!

11:37 am

moolingwa

still have 2 a's to go

11:37 am

moolingwa

oh nm, finished it

11:38 am

hokie carla

lol, was wondering how on earth I thought it was easy then

11:38 am

moolingwa

:)

11:38 am

moolingwa

missed two easy 4s

11:39 am

hokie carla

ugh, just made it to the p

11:39 am

moolingwa

yeah the P is problematic

11:40 am

mirandapan

ape

11:40 am

mirandapan

roan

11:40 am

mirandapan

role

11:40 am

moolingwa

might be in the wrong box miranda

11:42 am

hokie carla

lol, I like that you're giving the benefit of the doubt

11:42 am

moolingwa

I try to be kind

11:45 am

moolingwa

5OFOET

11:45 am

hokie carla

nice. still 148 left here, but just on 3rd row.

11:46 am

moolingwa

down to 42

11:49 am

hokie carla

ooh, found an 8

11:50 am

mirandapan

Oh, good grief! Sorry!

11:50 am

moolingwa

no big deal, but you might want to check the words took :)

11:51 am

hokie carla

it's all good

11:51 am

mirandapan

I just looked over at the chat, and my first thought was someone else has my name!

11:51 am

moolingwa

heh

11:51 am

hokie carla

haha

11:52 am

moolingwa

once when I was living in Pennsylvania, I was driving home from work and saw all these vultures in someone's front yard.

My first thought was, why would someone put a bunch of fake vultures in their front yard. Needless to say, they weren't fake.

11:53 am

hokie carla

I saw like 20 turkey vultures on someone's roof once and wondered if there was a dead body inside

11:58 am

hokie carla

well, I gotta go. will have to finish first pass later.

11:59 am

hokie carla

good luck

12:00 pm

moolingwa

seeya hoke

12:17 pm

MollyL

Yeah, fake vultures are big in the lawn ornament arena.

12:23 pm

Gillie

It's a niche market, but I'm sure there would be takers.

12:39 pm

Shirlockc

I finally got a 1 in wordle, now i have to change my first word

12:40 pm

MollyL

That is a strange first word. Why did you chose it?

1:02 pm

BzznBea

I keep avoiding that p.

1:06 pm

HarryHood

wow shirlock! a 1 in wordle - very impressive!

2:09 pm

ChampFit

My middle daughter got it in 1 today too!

2:35 pm

BzznBea

is it me or is the puzzle tedious?

2:40 pm

ChampFit

I'm annoyed by it. Back for my 50 and it's dragging.

2:41 pm

BzznBea

35 left here.

2:43 pm

ChampFit

44

2:54 pm

dcseain

I have 143 to go

2:56 pm

BzznBea

got through the p's

3:00 pm

ChampFit

Way to go! I still need 9. Will look at them again. Hi Seain!

3:02 pm

dcseain

hello, Champ

3:02 pm

dcseain

I'm tired. First day I've gotten up before 8 in I good while.

3:03 pm

ChampFit

Nap time?

3:03 pm

dcseain

mayhap, we shall

3:03 pm

dcseain

see

3:09 pm

moolingwa

rehi

3:10 pm

dcseain

hello, moo

3:10 pm

moolingwa

hey seain...happy [insert day here]

3:11 pm

dcseain

I did good today, and somehow got no parking ticket after 4h parked without paying meter in the 1500 Block of H St NW in DC. That was lucky.

3:16 pm

ChampFit

Then it's "Happy No Parking Ticket" Day!

3:23 pm

BzznBea

phantom - repaid

3:27 pm

moolingwa

always a good day when you don't get a ticket

3:28 pm

wht

Unless you are trying to see Taylor Swift.

3:28 pm

wht

And hi everyone.

3:29 pm

moolingwa

Well given the likelihood of me trying to see Taylor Swift....

3:34 pm

BzznBea

this was not an easy one for me. see you all next time.

3:36 pm

Soodle

Not Taylor Swift related, but Sinead O’Connor has died. Poor Sinead. A very troubled person, who was blessed with an extraordinary voice. May she Rest In Peace.

3:44 pm

Soodle

Any of my US friends not familiar with Sinead’s incredible talent - check out YouTube - Sinead OConnor Danny Boy. Haunting.

4:02 pm

dcseain

May Sinéad rest in peace, she was a wonderful human.

4:02 pm

westford

Soodle I loved Sinead's music. She Walked Through the Fair was a favorite. How old was she ?

4:03 pm

dcseain

she was 56 :(

4:03 pm

westford

oh so young rest in peace

4:19 pm

Soodle

You are both so right, DC & Westie. She was incredibly talented,

4:23 pm

Soodle

She was also incredibly beautiful. Not many women can be beautiful and bald. Her music formed the soundtrack to my thirties. I’m sadder than I ever thought I would be.

4:32 pm

car.eeyore

Hello Soodle, hello everyone...yes, a sad passing for sure.

4:32 pm

car.eeyore

I cannot imagine what she has been going through since her son's death.

4:34 pm

moolingwa

rerehi

4:42 pm

hurshy

:(

4:42 pm

hurshy

hi

4:43 pm

moolingwa

hey hursh

4:43 pm

hurshy

anyone have a guess about which S i would miss?

4:44 pm

nrkii

se 5/12?

4:44 pm

nrkii

I'm missing one as well

4:45 pm

hurshy

have four se 5/12s

4:45 pm

nrkii

heh, I only have 3

4:45 pm

nrkii

do you have se6 21?

4:46 pm

hurshy

yes

4:46 pm

JenMO16

help with pe6,33 the last one?

4:46 pm

Soodle

In other news. While America & Europe are being fried in record high temperatures, it has rained, heavily,in this part of the world solidly for the last month. Eye-roll.

4:46 pm

nrkii

oh, my missing se5/12 was easy peasy

4:50 pm

nrkii

hurshy, so 5 10?

4:50 pm

nrkii

Jen, I don't have any pe 6/33

4:50 pm

hurshy

have one of those too

4:50 pm

hurshy

rope

4:50 pm

hurshy

ack

4:51 pm

nrkii

16 se, 3 so

4:51 pm

hurshy

ok it's se

4:52 pm

nrkii

there are no other tricky se

4:53 pm

nrkii

se4 x 7, se 5 x 5, se 6 x 4

4:53 pm

hurshy

ok it is a 6 then

4:54 pm

nrkii

more oozy?

4:54 pm

hurshy

that would be a 7

4:55 pm

hurshy

but that was it

4:55 pm

hurshy

thanks

4:55 pm

nrkii

oops

4:55 pm

nrkii

:)

4:55 pm

nrkii

my scanning skills are not great

4:55 pm

nrkii

I'm so distracted by the idea that there are any pe6/33s

5:02 pm

nrkii

found a pe 6/33 but are there really more?

5:04 pm

JenMO16

may i have a clue nrkii for the pe 6/33

5:04 pm

nrkii

tough to clue... hang on...

5:05 pm

JenMO16

there is only 1 nrkii

5:05 pm

nrkii

there is a spanish word for money that would be pe 6/18... if you change the second to last letter to something with more points, you get this word

5:05 pm

car.eeyore

great clue! ty

5:08 pm

JenMO16

got it, thank you nrkii

5:08 pm

nrkii

I'm down to 16... this has been a slog... I'm listing so I can move on

5:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi folks

5:20 pm

nrkii

and done!

5:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay!

5:20 pm

nrkii

gotta feed the pup before I go to dance lesson

5:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

WHATdance are you taking?

5:20 pm

nrkii

can offer a couple of clues first, if anyone needs...

5:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have been over there to swing dance.

5:21 pm

nrkii

TO, I started at Fred Astaire back in February. Had to take 2 months off when I hurt my back on vacation.

5:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

what are you taking?

5:22 pm

nrkii

I'm learning Swing, Cha Cha, Rumba, Tango, Hustle, Salsa

5:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

you know there is a free sun afternoon at havana once a month"

5:22 pm

nrkii

I did Waltz and Foxtrot in my first round of lessons, but dropped those when I move from baby lessons to toddler lessons

5:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i will let you know when the next swing is, at the elks. nice folks, great dance floor.

5:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

and inexpensive.

5:23 pm

nrkii

I don't think I'm anywhere near ready to dance in public

5:23 pm

nrkii

In fact, I'm sure of it

5:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

the only way is to do it. i have very nice friends who are kind to beginners. hell, i am so out of proctice myself

5:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

at any rate, a nice social evening.

5:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

it's near costco.

5:25 pm

nrkii

okay, pup food time... bye all!

5:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

night

5:30 pm

tessagram

cape

5:32 pm

tessagram

resec

5:33 pm

hurshy

*ahem*

5:35 pm

tessagram

relope

5:36 pm

hurshy

sigh

5:37 pm

Gillie

At least tessagram's not giving away very much

5:43 pm

tessagram

sorry

5:44 pm

Gillie

no problem!

5:52 pm

MollyL

Probably another niche thing

5:53 pm

hurshy

bottom row grey!!

5:56 pm

hurshy

clue for re8?

5:58 pm

ChampFit

On who re6/21s

5:58 pm

hurshy

oh thanks

6:07 pm

ChampFit

I think that if you can re something, you should also be able to pre something.

6:45 pm

periwinkle

help with he7 please

6:47 pm

paintguy

plural of he6

6:48 pm

periwinkle

sheesh, ty feeling stupid

6:49 pm

paintguy

uw happens to all of us

6:49 pm

paintguy

just like i am for typing uw vs. yw

6:49 pm

periwinkle

lol

7:01 pm

ChampFit

And my last word was a dang plural! Shouldn't be surprised. It's been a weird day. Enjoy, all!

7:05 pm

periwinkle

22left may not finish

7:31 pm

wht

Does anyone have a clue for the se7,32? Serious Babble blindness seems to have struck on my last word.

7:32 pm

KrisE

wht - more likely to se4

7:34 pm

wht

Thank you KrisE. I have been using that ending all day but for some reason I couldn't see it now.

7:34 pm

wht

That is fireworks.

7:35 pm

KrisE

yay! I've got 123 left...I may not finish...

11:01 pm

sammysmom

stuck on he 7/32 ??

11:02 pm

Gillie

Plural of the he6/21

11:03 pm

sammysmom

thanks gillie

11:03 pm

Gillie

yw

11:03 pm

Gillie

walers

11:04 pm

Gillie

Oops - freebie!

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