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  • rubbernecker
    #2836
    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    That was cancelled - as far as I was concerned (the person I was standing by to fill in for suddenly found they could go...)

    It was hence real work. However I am now ensconsed in a corner desk with which you are familiar and on the basis that it's tough to libel Mr Gaddafi, I am able to devote myself to more important matters...
    I'm truly sorry to hear you missed out. In the bottom drawer of the said desk you will find a takeaway menu for a less-rareified, but equally satisfying, culinary experience. (I recommend the chicken ceylon). Don't rush to give us an E, that would lend an uncharacteristic sense of haste to the proceedings...

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    • Anna
      #2837
      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      Anna - chuff chuff! I have been diverted by the debate as to the word 'totty'. I am now concentrating on the E question.
      Only joking Caliban, and I did notice you had been diverted by the word "totty" I guess you mistook the speling for Tootie! Tootie! I doubt if I will be available tonight to see your puzzle though.

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26538
        #2838
        OK here goes with E, it's all rather E-laborate I'm afraid (that's not a clue, just another dodgy alphabetical pun).

        What is the common factor between the following three gentlemen: No 1 wrote a Mass among other things, but also created terpsichorean inspiration from a magical combination of nuts and sand; No 2 also wrote a Mass among many other things, and you have to keep a firm grasp of the helm to find your way among his creations; and there was no stopping No 3 (who was very familiar with No 2's dad) on his way to Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
        "...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
          #2839
          I somehow think it is Einstein Mass, maths, and all that and a total veg head

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26538
            #2840
            Originally posted by Anna View Post
            I somehow think it is Einstein Mass, maths, and all that and a total veg head
            Not even slightly, Anna, I'm afraid!
            "...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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            • rubbernecker
              #2841
              Well, I've been racking my brains, but as Jade Goody memorably said...
              "Who is Heinzstein?"

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              • Norfolk Born
                #2842
                Before I attempt to hack a way through the thicket that is your 'E' question, Caliban, I thought you might like to know that, IMHO, tonight's 60-minute episode of Corrie marked a return to form - deffo! - not least because Liz McD is back, spitting ever greater quantities of feathers as she finds out what's happened in her absence.

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26538
                  #2843
                  Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
                  Before I attempt to hack a way through the thicket that is your 'E' question, Caliban, I thought you might like to know that, IMHO, tonight's 60-minute episode of Corrie marked a return to form - deffo! - not least because Liz McD is back, spitting ever greater quantities of feathers as she finds out what's happened in her absence.
                  Noted!

                  Tell me when you're bored of my convolutions, and I'll chuck in a clue or two.
                  "...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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                  • Norfolk Born
                    #2844
                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    ...you have to keep a firm grasp of the helm to find your way among his creations;
                    Might this be a veiled reference to Scylla and Charibdis?

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26538
                      #2845
                      Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
                      Might this be a veiled reference to Scylla and Charibdis?
                      No, ofca - but one of the words in the phrase you have selected is an unveiled key to No 2 and hence to the rest....
                      "...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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                      • rubbernecker
                        #2846
                        Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
                        Scylla and Charibdis
                        Do they figure in the Weatherfield pantheon, too?

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26538
                          #2847
                          Originally posted by rubbernecker View Post
                          Do they figure in the Weatherfield pantheon, too?
                          Yeah they run the kebab stall. (Incidentally, talking of tawdry drama, have you noticed that "Anna Nicole" is being broadcast on BBC4 on Fri 25 March, 21:00 ?)

                          Not going to have a crack at my E, rubbers?
                          "...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
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26538
                            #2848
                            Originally posted by OFCACHAP View Post
                            Before I attempt to hack a way through the thicket that is your 'E' question, Caliban, I thought you might like to know that, IMHO, tonight's 60-minute episode of Corrie marked a return to form - deffo! - not least because Liz McD is back, spitting ever greater quantities of feathers as she finds out what's happened in her absence.
                            Good old Beverley... (By the way, what was the story behind Liz being abroad? I mean I know it was because the actress was on honeymoon etc, but what was the storyline??)

                            Incidentally how did Chesney get that drop dead gorgeous girlfriend? Presumably he has more than crooked teeth and a ginger mop to offer her...
                            Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 19-03-11, 11:40.
                            "...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
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26538
                              #2849
                              E-clue time? Or is everyone busy?
                              "...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
                                #2850
                                Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                                E-clue time? Or is everyone busy?
                                Busy? Well .... we're over halfway in the Scotland v Italy match, then it's Ireland v England, followed by France v Wales. So, overall, no, not really busy!!

                                Edit: To be honest, even if you posted a clue I think I would still be clueless about this one!!
                                Last edited by Guest; 19-03-11, 16:41.

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