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Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 17:50 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
You rented a delivery van and moved some port.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 17:52 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
BOGOF hydrotherapy?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 17:54 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:BOGOF hydrotherapy?
same to you!

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:05 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:BOGOF hydrotherapy?
same to you!
I've always been furious with hydrotherapy.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:08 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
I refuse to guess again until the questioner answers my last guess and gives me a clue.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:28 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
All the answers above are incorrect.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:29 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Clue.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:31 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
Nineteen other people were doing the same thing as I was, all for the same reason.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:32 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Did it involve driving

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:33 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:Did it involve driving
Yes.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:39 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
I think I know.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:43 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:I think I know.
Not your turn.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 18:52 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
A coach and four through Godalming?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 20:28 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:A coach and four through Godalming?
Yes! Owen's turn.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 20:43 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:A coach and four through Godalming?
Yes! Owen's turn.
I don't believe you.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 20:45 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:A coach and four through Godalming?
Yes! Owen's turn.
I don't believe you.
Answer avoidance should have occasional unexpected consequences.

Owen, get in the shed and start whittling, it's you turn. Please try not to dislocate your elbow.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 22:17 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
I often re-read books.

What book am I re-reading?

It has a glossary in the back which begins with 'Ala Hazrat and ends with Yakdan.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 22:42 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:I often re-read books.

What book am I re-reading?

It has a glossary in the back which begins with 'Ala Hazrat and ends with Yakdan.
The Quran.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 22:50 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
The Tehran telephone directory?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 23:51 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by AW77
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 23:58 Sat 07 Dec 2013
by DRT
One Thousand and One Nights (known as Arabian Nights by infidels)?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:01 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
I just noticed this!
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Should it not be "thy Port"? :!:

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:01 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
Nothing close yet but you are broadly in the right geographical area.

It is a book of ten stories, with a bit of poetry at the start.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:03 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
I think I am on the right track, but it isn't my turn.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:13 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
I'm drinking a Bunnahabhain and not guessing. Prior to that we were finishing a whisky society bottling. And prior to that the Fonseca 85 which was disappointing and short. It was clearly oxidised from having been stood up in the shop since 1987.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:14 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by PhilW
DRT wrote:I just noticed this!
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Should it not be "thy Port"? :!:
yes. Was this intended to be in the crimes thread?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:15 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:I'm drinking a Bunnahabhain
Nothing wrong with that. Good stuff.
djewesbury wrote:and not guessing.
As JDAW might say, "Are you being helpful?"

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:16 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:I just noticed this!
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Should it not be "thy Port"? :!:
yes. Was this intended to be in the crimes thread?
No. I was giving a first-time offender the chance to repent and avoid further sanction.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:17 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
Double Nelson.

Bad news about the Fonseca. I have the end of a bottle of Rhone and the brandy I paint the Christmas cake with. I'm classy me.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:21 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by AW77
PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:I just noticed this!
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Should it not be "thy Port"? :!:
yes. Was this intended to be in the crimes thread?
Thanks for your advice. I updated my signature.
After all, I'm not a native speaker and only had one class on Middle English (back in '98). And the fake bible quotation would have been Early Modern English anyway.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:22 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
I can report that the Bunnahabhain is extremely good. Did Owen say whether any of our guesses were correct?
Is it Coleridge?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:23 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Image

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:24 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:I can report that the Bunnahabhain is extremely good. Did Owen say whether any of our guesses were correct?
Is it Coleridge?
No. As in; you are incorrect.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:26 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.
The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant. :roll:

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:26 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
Why do mariners always have to be represented in that way. It undermines the authenticity of the whole design.

Even down to the hand shading the eyes. Looking into the offing I'll warrant. Only really lacks an inflatable parrot.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:27 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
The Train?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:30 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:33 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by PhilW
DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.
The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant. :roll:
Your quote did not say where it came from - I had no idea it was AW77's signature.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:36 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.
It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:37 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.
The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant. :roll:
Your quote did not say where it came from - I had no idea it was AW77's signature.
So no analysis of the problem before giving an answer? Are you ill? Drunk? Taking drugs?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:41 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.
It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".
It was published in 1982 by an Englishman. Go a little more to the right on the map.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:43 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.
It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".
It was published in 1982 by an Englishman. Go a little more to the right on the map.
And much older?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:48 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by PhilW
DRT wrote:
PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:I updated my signature.
The world is a better place. Fear not, you will never be sent to the Apostrophe Crimes thread as your first language is not English. I am surprised that Phil did not spot that, he is normally very observant. :roll:
Your quote did not say where it came from - I had no idea it was AW77's signature.
So no analysis of the problem before giving an answer? Are you ill? Drunk? Taking drugs?
hey man, don't get so like heavy dude, relax and be mellow :nirvana:
LGTrotter wrote:I often re-read books.

What book am I re-reading?

It has a glossary in the back which begins with 'Ala Hazrat and ends with Yakdan.
is it a book of Californian orthopaedic surgeons?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:50 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:The Train?
Is this a guess? No, just in case.
It was a guess. It is top of the list on google when you search for "arab book of ten stories".
It was published in 1982 by an Englishman. Go a little more to the right on the map.
And much older?
The collection includes very old stories, all collected in about 1943. The oldest storiy relates to a king from around 317-293 BC.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:53 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
PhilW wrote:is it a book of Californian orthopaedic surgeons?
No, strangely enough a book containing a Persian glossary lacks any mention of California, orthopaedics or surgeons. Maybe just smoke a little less Phil.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 00:56 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by DRT
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 01:05 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by PhilW
LGTrotter wrote:
PhilW wrote:is it a book of Californian orthopaedic surgeons?
No, strangely enough a book containing a Persian glossary lacks any mention of California, orthopaedics or surgeons
A directory of Bakersfield orthopaedic surgeons however does by coincidence start with Hazrat and end with Yakdan :shock: Perhaps a book discussing Qur'an translations?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 01:10 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
DRT wrote:Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves?
No.
PhilW wrote:A directory of Bakersfield orthopaedic surgeons however does by coincidence start with Hazrat and end with Yakdan :shock: Perhaps a book discussing Qur'an translations?
Sure.

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 01:21 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Can't you boys behave for five minutes?
Owen, no treats tomorrow.
Derek, no playing with the dog.
Phil, no smoking the big feller.

Is it some bonkers orientalist tract collected by Lawrence of Arabia or something?

Re: One quiz at a time

Posted: 01:27 Sun 08 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:Is it some bonkers orientalist tract collected by Lawrence of Arabia or something?
No but it was written by a Representative of the British government. Not bonkers, quite gentle and simple, plain even.

And I never did nuffink, I need my treats.