Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, December 9, 2023

12:01 am

justafreep

sh7 x 2 and happy flip

12:03 am

Gillie

sa7

12:05 am

justafreep

re7

12:10 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:17 am

TedinDurham

sa8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, ted, and thanks, lickety

12:18 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:30 am

cybernan

good night everyoe :)

12:34 am

movieman

re7 x3

12:43 am

Kitensplay

Retro

12:44 am

Kitensplay

Oops

1:12 am

dizgrannie

:10 pm here and still 34 celcius around 93 F

1:13 am

dizgrannie

** 6:10

1:14 am

dcseain

02:13 Saturday here and 37F/3C

1:16 am

doseffing

... 2:10 a.m. here .... we're in the middle of a heat wave here ... 7 degrees celsius right now ... but that's up from th -2C we had Wednesday and Thursday

1:16 am

dcseain

your temp is much like Summer here where I live.

1:17 am

clg47

11:15 pm and 36F/2C with great air quality

1:19 am

lynxxx

great air quality? - that's not what I heard about the Earth

1:19 am

dcseain

Air Quality Index speaks to pollution levels locally here in North America.

1:20 am

lynxxx

can't see where cig is

1:20 am

lynxxx

what does local cover DC?

1:21 am

dcseain

usually a metropolitan area.

1:22 am

lynxxx

Interesting - perhaps should be more of those measures around

1:23 am

clg47

II was in Australia and NZ and they were having horrible fires and poor air quality. We have had rain here which improves our air. CG is in an

1:25 am

clg47

CG lives on an island in Puget Sound - south of Cybernan in British Columbia

1:26 am

GroovyKiwi

Horrible fires here in NZ?
When was this?

1:28 am

clg47

Right when the pandemic started. 2019 2020

1:30 am

GroovyKiwi

We have scrub fires during summer that can burn for days but they are nothing like US or Aus forrest fires.

Our air quality is pretty good inho

4:33 am

worzel

phantom deregulate

5:32 am

frogface

I'm surprised degu isn't allowed.

6:37 am

eliotl

glut

7:44 am

jka

Gesh

8:22 am

bichon

Hi Kiwi

8:55 am

mael

no glute? come on!

8:56 am

LeslieAnn

/awaiting ruru's arrival on that one

8:57 am

hokie carla

lats and pecs are good, but not glutes

8:57 am

hokie carla

muscles are like pastas in enable

8:58 am

mael

to be fair my glutes are also lacking

8:58 am

hokie carla

same, as are my lats and pecs

8:59 am

MollyL

Why Ru? He's not the only one who can ass-ert himself

8:59 am

LeslieAnn

oh well yes i suppose we can all be cheeky at times

9:01 am

hokie carla

phantom plague

9:01 am

hokie carla

that sounds terrible

9:01 am

LeslieAnn

better than an actual one?

9:01 am

mael

regular plagues are bad enough

9:02 am

hokie carla

good points. but a phantom plague could be zombies

9:02 am

LeslieAnn

hmm i was thinking more like what was it called, the dancing plague?

9:03 am

mael

unidentified plagues

9:03 am

mael

mass hysteria?

9:03 am

hokie carla

there was that dancing thing but I don't remember exactly if they used plague with it

9:04 am

mael

I know what you mean but I don't remember it either

9:05 am

BzznBea

salutations

9:05 am

hokie carla

dancing plague of 1518 wikipedia article if you want to read. LA is right!

9:05 am

hokie carla

bea!

9:05 am

mael

hello!

9:05 am

Scrabbler

Hello Babblers.

9:06 am

mael

also fernet, I think Ru enjoys that as much as glutes

9:06 am

LeslieAnn

yes i was immersed in that article carla lol. i hadn't heard about the psychedlic mushrooms theory

9:06 am

hokie carla

it makes me think of the buffy musical episode where dawn is dancing fervently

9:07 am

hokie carla

it's always ergot!

9:08 am

LeslieAnn

which, to bring it full circle, is also a phantom today

9:09 am

hokie carla

Lol, I looked before typing it here but also typed it in the box just in case

9:10 am

mael

hah

9:12 am

MollyL

Ru enjoys Italian spice?

9:15 am

MollyL

Maybe spicy Italians

9:16 am

mael

that's me

9:16 am

hokie carla

lol, was just about to say that

9:20 am

hokie carla

almost tuxedo

9:23 am

rururocks

here I enter the chat and my name rears up at me for some reason

9:25 am

mael

we've summoned you like bloody mary!

9:25 am

mael

hello :)

9:26 am

rururocks

was molly trying to take a crack at me or something?

9:26 am

hokie carla

why would she make you the butt of jokes?

9:27 am

mael

we're mostly complaining that enable is behind the times

9:29 am

rururocks

so more or less enable is in arrears?

9:29 am

rururocks

those guys should take a minute to anal-yze their work

9:34 am

hokie carla

well, I was working on HOET and then got to the bottom R and failed

9:34 am

hokie carla

phantom regular

9:34 am

hokie carla

oh, and the 4th row 4th col E

9:35 am

hokie carla

oh, found an e

9:36 am

mael

ooh found a french e

9:37 am

mael

that was my last one

9:37 am

hokie carla

stat?

9:38 am

mael

ea4/10

9:38 am

hokie carla

gracias

9:40 am

mael

speaking of glutes and pasta, there's a gl6 I just found that's related haha

9:40 am

hokie carla

lol, the one I can't have?

9:40 am

mael

yep

9:40 am

mael

I am sorry to hear that!

9:41 am

hokie carla

here comes molly to tell you I talk about it all the time

9:42 am

mael

hell, I'd talk about it all the time too!

9:42 am

BzznBea

lol!

9:42 am

mael

I'd give up many things before that, I feel you :(

9:44 am

hokie carla

luckily GF pasta can be pretty good. prob not to you being used to fresh pasta. bread is the hardest. actually, if I could eat it again I'd do pizza and krispy kremes.

9:46 am

hokie carla

and I miss good chicken and dumplins

9:46 am

rururocks

i guess the 8 is a S word

9:46 am

BzznBea

when you say dumplings are you talking about the big fat noodles?

9:47 am

hokie carla

could be. I need the 8 and I need 8 S's

9:47 am

mael

it is, think cooking a bird in the grid

9:47 am

hokie carla

good clue, thanks

9:47 am

hokie carla

ha, ruru missed a wine? and yes, I had to look that up.

9:48 am

rururocks

thanks got it right away after that hokie

9:48 am

rururocks

that was sweet of you

9:48 am

hokie carla

bea, are you seriously asking me about chicken and dumplins? you all don't have those in KS? they're like drop biscuits dropped into the broth.

9:50 am

hokie carla

some people (and cracker barrel) roll them out and cut them like biscuits, but my mom & grandmother dropped them in.

9:50 am

BzznBea

that's what i call dumplings. but in these parts they call dumplings or slicks the wide, thick flat noodle.

9:50 am

hokie carla

so weird

9:50 am

BzznBea

i don't like slicks

9:51 am

mael

FW!

9:51 am

hokie carla

like actual noodles or just rolled out flat dough like cracker barrel does?

9:51 am

mael

here's where I confess I've never had american chicken and dumplings

9:51 am

hokie carla

well done, mael. only 47 left here. 😭

9:51 am

origami

Now I want chicken and dumplings!

9:51 am

BzznBea

congrats, mael

9:52 am

mael

if you want something that tastes like the best chicken noodles soup but if GF, there's an amazing chicken, leek, and rice recipe on smitten kitchen

9:52 am

hokie carla

me too, ori

9:52 am

BzznBea

i've never seen CB's dumplings.

9:53 am

hokie carla

I have tried making with GF bisquick but it doesn't have lard in it like regular bisquik and they disintegrate.

9:53 am

hokie carla

so what is a "slick" bea?

9:54 am

BzznBea

it is a slimy noodle that is about 2 inches wide and three inches long. they are also thick.

9:55 am

hokie carla

just google "slick noodle" and a bunch of chicken & slick recipes came up with pics. have never seen or heard of that in appalachia.

9:56 am

rururocks

I don't like slimy anything

9:56 am

hokie carla

*googled

9:56 am

rururocks

I did have Vietnamese food last night and it was hit and miss for me

9:59 am

BzznBea

50 left...need to get to the farmer's market. they had some beautiful broccoli.

9:59 am

hokie carla

sounds like an oxymoron but okay 🤣 have fun!

10:01 am

hurshy

morning folks!

10:02 am

hokie carla

hidey ho

10:02 am

hurshy

Ds Demolished!

10:02 am

hurshy

Cs Conquered!

10:02 am

hokie carla

ok, good job. I'm getting to work on something else here.

10:03 am

hurshy

what else?

10:04 am

hurshy

phantoms: refer, referee, regular, regulate

10:05 am

hurshy

i think R has more phantoms than words

10:07 am

hurshy

P + re6 = go back on the deal before you even make it

10:08 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! pacific island nation

10:12 am

hurshy

phantom: plague

10:12 am

hurshy

Fs Finished!

10:15 am

hurshy

As Abolished!

10:15 am

hurshy

Ls Lambasted!

10:15 am

hurshy

2nd row grey!

10:16 am

hurshy

Ns Nailed!

10:19 am

hurshy

Rs Ravaged!

10:19 am

mkg

Any clues for the 8? Ty

10:20 am

hurshy

haven't found it

10:20 am

hurshy

Gs Garotted!

10:21 am

hurshy

so you can tell a bunch of letters it doesn't start with, lol

10:21 am

doseffing

sa8 ... type of dessert wine

10:21 am

hurshy

ty dos

10:21 am

mkg

Ty no wonder i dont see it. I dont drink wines. Ty

10:23 am

hurshy

i hadn't hit S but i don't drink either, so i mightn't have thought of it. then again, i've HEARD of it, so i might.

10:24 am

mkg

i have re 6 to go back on a deal but when i put P in front it wont take it. ???????

10:24 am

hurshy

it was a joke

10:25 am

mkg

Ok. Ty

10:25 am

mkg

Got the sa wine. Ty

10:30 am

hurshy

Hs Hacked!

10:31 am

hurshy

anyone done with corner E?

10:32 am

hurshy

have a 5 and 6 pair but need the other one

10:32 am

hokie carla

ea4

10:33 am

hurshy

ah thanks

10:33 am

Soodle

Ea 4/10 Hurshy.

10:33 am

hurshy

because of course french for "waters" would count

10:34 am

hurshy

that leaves 4 S, 3 P, and one T

10:35 am

hurshy

got a pair of S!

11:05 am

LeslieAnn

palau, to answer hursh's question from a while ago

11:10 am

hokie carla

well, the T is a bit mysterious to me. still need 5.

11:11 am

LeslieAnn

well I only need 4 neener neener

11:11 am

hokie carla

well, you are a bigger word nerd 😜🤣

11:11 am

LeslieAnn

do you have te 5/6? te + last three of spanish water

11:12 am

hokie carla

oh, just found the madagascar mammal. can't believe I missed that.

11:12 am

hokie carla

yes, I do have those, thanks

11:16 am

hokie carla

still 5 s's. 26 total. 5-9-11-1. I see the problem.

11:17 am

LeslieAnn

hmm mmm

11:56 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :}

12:59 pm

BzznBea

clue for the re6/7

1:16 pm

BzznBea

found it

1:16 pm

BzznBea

namaste

3:31 pm

Lizsark

Since when is DEGU not a recognised word?

4:06 pm

hokie carla

that's the second time I've seen that mentioned today. I have never seen degu before. what does it mean?

4:07 pm

hokie carla

ah, a rodent

4:22 pm

Christa

Greetings

4:37 pm

bichon

re 7/36, pls

4:38 pm

dcseain

say hello agin, Bichon.

4:39 pm

bichon

ty dc

5:07 pm

MollyL

Never seen degu either.

5:07 pm

MollyL

Must be another country thing

7:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, welcome to all the degus !!

7:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no points for nergle

8:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt at last, 56 to go

9:06 pm

maggiej

2nd re 7/36 any hints?

10:53 pm

hokie carla

goes back on a deal

10:58 pm

maggiej

sheesh tyvm ... right there in front of me

11:59 pm

Shellbell_o-well

tapping out at 110; but nbt/nbs

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