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  • hedgehog

    Originally posted by Flay View Post
    Lady G pushes you too hard, methinks.


    Let's have an E to link:

    A maternal waterfowl, a brothy reptile and a thermoplastic polymer from an unusually powerful visual aid

    With apologies to all
    Good Heavens Flay!
    Have you been raiding your medicine chest together with a glass of whisky?

    Ams51 will be apoplectic. At the same time it gives the chance for free association. Very probably wrong but Esmeralda Duck pops up in my head!

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    • mercia
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8920

      a Mother Goose unhelpfully pops into my head - what the heck does brothy mean ? something to do with soup ? - turtle soup

      would an unusually powerful visual aid be something like a radio telescope ? with the thermo-doodah being a lens ? [not that that helps much]
      Last edited by mercia; 11-11-14, 09:00.

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      • cloughie
        Full Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 22127

        Originally posted by mercia View Post
        a Mother Goose unhelpfully pops into my head - what the heck does brothy mean ? something to do with soup ? - turtle soup

        would an unusually powerful visual aid be something like a radio telescope ? with the thermo-doodah being a lens ? [not that that helps much]
        Is it a reptile or an amphibian?

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        • Flay
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 5795

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          a Mother Goose unhelpfully pops into my head


          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          - what the heck does brothy mean ? something to do with soup ? -
          Yes but not turtle

          Originally posted by mercia View Post
          would an unusually powerful visual aid be something like a radio telescope ? with the thermo-doodah being a lens ? [not that that helps much]
          It helps quite a lot. But a radio telescope is not visual. Try a shorter wavelength. The lens is good.

          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
          Is it a reptile or an amphibian?
          It could be both. If it exists at all...
          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22127

            Originally posted by Flay View Post




            Yes but not turtle



            It helps quite a lot. But a radio telescope is not visual. Try a shorter wavelength. The lens is good.



            It could be both. If it exists at all...
            Edmund is a possibility for the Mother Goose and possibly the optical bit but I'm left with a nasty bowl of soup.
            Are there musical links to all three?
            Is there a Lewis Carol link?

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            • Flay
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 5795

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              Edmund is a possibility for the Mother Goose and possibly the optical bit but I'm left with a nasty bowl of soup.
              Are there musical links to all three?
              Is there a Lewis Caroll link?
              Sorry, not Edmund. Yes all three are musical, although musicality of the latter would be debated by many here.
              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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              • Flay
                Full Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 5795

                Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                Good Heavens Flay!
                Have you been raiding your medicine chest together with a glass of whisky?

                Ams51 will be apoplectic. At the same time it gives the chance for free association. Very probably wrong but Esmeralda Duck pops up in my head!
                Sorry Tiggy, I missed your contribution. Not Esmeralda.
                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                • mercia
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8920

                  Soup Dragon - Clangers - bassoonist

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                  • Flay
                    Full Member
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 5795

                    Originally posted by mercia View Post
                    Soup Dragon - Clangers - bassoonist
                    Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                    • Flay
                      Full Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 5795

                      Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                      Is there a Lewis Carol link?
                      That question popped up after the others! No, not Lewis Carroll. Mercs is getting there. Any idea on the other two?
                      Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                      • cloughie
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 22127

                        Originally posted by Flay View Post
                        That question popped up after the others! No, not Lewis Carroll. Mercs is getting there. Any idea on the other two?
                        Could be the first goal-poach of the new season.

                        Elliott
                        A maternal waterfowl Mother Goose by James William Elliott.
                        a brothy reptile Composer of Clangers Vernon Elliott
                        a thermoplastic polymer from an unusually powerful visual aid Billy Elliott through the Lens

                        Then again it could just be an Elliott Mess.

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                        • Flay
                          Full Member
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 5795

                          Well the first two are correct.

                          But the third went well over the bar. Try again.
                          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                          • mercia
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8920

                            anything to do with Elliott Carter ?

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                            • Flay
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 5795

                              Originally posted by mercia View Post
                              anything to do with Elliott Carter ?
                              No. What has a much shorter wavelength than radio waves?
                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                              • Flay
                                Full Member
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 5795

                                And can you expand on the polymer?
                                Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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