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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26574

    Originally posted by Anna View Post
    Ok, from the beginning I thought it was
    Xavier Cougat.
    Edit: Cannot be arsed to hang around when Cali has buglered off!
    Correct! All numbers for which Xavier Cugat was famous.

    She's so impatient though! When Modom has returned, could she very kindly favour the company with a puzzle?
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • Nick Armstrong
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      • Nov 2010
      • 26574

      Originally posted by Anna View Post
      Oh, you are off out tonight gallivanting in fine diners yet want to sit at home, lonely by the fireside, awaiting gentelman callers, as and when they wish to toss me half a florin for certain services rendered?
      O you have a rich internal life Anna. No, I'm not going anywhere tonight.

      Come on, pleasure your gentlemen playmates
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Anna

        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        Come on, pleasure your gentlemen playmates
        You'll be lucky, Duckie!
        Originally posted by Caliban View Post
        Correct! All numbers for which Xavier Cugat was famous.
        She's so impatient though! When Modom has returned, could she very kindly favour the company with a puzzle?
        Yes, I am impatient but can people stay around for the simple solution to a Y?
        ok, here goes: This shoud be solved within 30 secs
        What Y is: Post Minimalist, relates to Oscar and the Beatles?So simple. it's painful
        Have to go now. Carry on without me.
        Last edited by Guest; 08-12-12, 18:46.

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        • Nick Armstrong
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          • Nov 2010
          • 26574

          Originally posted by Anna View Post
          You'll be lucky, Duckie!

          Yes, I am impatient but can people stay around for the simple solution to a Y?
          ok, here goes: This shoud be solved within 30 secs
          What Y is: Post Minimalist, relates to Oscar and the Beatles?So simple. it's painful

          Well I feel lucky...

          Beatles - Y - yellow? Can't quite see how the other elements fit...
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • Anna

            Originally posted by Caliban View Post

            Well I feel lucky...

            Beatles - Y - yellow? Can't quite see how the other elements fit...
            Beatles - Yellow Submarine
            Oscar Wilde - Symphony in Yellow
            Michael Torke - Yellow Pages

            I can now go and watch Merlin! and Morgana!!

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            • antongould
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              • Nov 2010
              • 8833

              Has M'Lud gone for some Zs?

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              • Nick Armstrong
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                • Nov 2010
                • 26574

                Originally posted by Anna View Post
                Beatles - Yellow Submarine
                Oscar Wilde - Symphony in Yellow
                Michael Torke - Yellow Pages

                I can now go and watch Merlin! and Morgana!!
                Ah. I see. So there wasn't much point in my hunting around for the remaining two elements as you were going to give the answer away!

                Actually I put 'oscar' and 'yellow' into google and didn't find the Wilde reference.

                OK then, a Z... linking Oscar (for best picture), Ol' Man River and Glinda
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8833

                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  Ah. I see. So there wasn't much point in my hunting around for the remaining two elements as you were going to give the answer away!

                  Actually I put 'oscar' and 'yellow' into google and didn't find the Wilde reference.

                  OK then, a Z... linking Oscar (for best picture), Ol' Man River and Glinda
                  Ziegfeld?

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                  • Nick Armstrong
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26574

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    Ziegfeld?
                    Sorry Anton, your idea of going for some Zs sounded so appealing, I went for a snoozzzzze...

                    Done me good!

                    Yes! Ziegfeld.

                    Care to just sling a little coleslaw on the plate?
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • antongould
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                      • Nov 2010
                      • 8833

                      The Great Ziegfeld
                      Gilda Gray infamous Ziegfeld girl
                      ....Ziegfeld staked Show Boat....

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                      • Nick Armstrong
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26574

                        Ah .... not quite re the second answer. The question was GLINDA... Not Gilda.

                        Who was Glinda?
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • antongould
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8833

                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          Ah .... not quite re the second answer. The question was GLINDA... Not Gilda.

                          Who was Glinda?

                          Billie Burke - Mrs Z

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                          • Nick Armstrong
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                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26574

                            Originally posted by antongould View Post
                            Billie Burke - Mrs Z

                            Because....?

                            Oh... it's late... I'll add it! That toe-curling good witch in Wizard of Oz was played by said lady, Mrs Ziegfeld.

                            A-hA - back to the beginning again for you, Anton
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • antongould
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 8833

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post

                              Because....?

                              Oh... it's late... I'll add it! That toe-curling good witch in Wizard of Oz was played by said lady, Mrs Ziegfeld.

                              A-hA - back to the beginning again for you, Anton
                              Sorry about the inexactitude .......

                              Anyway an A to link

                              Reggie De Koven
                              Clayton Moore and
                              The Queen on her 80th birthday

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                              • antongould
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 8833

                                Out for a while now but all seems quiet anyway.....

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