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1hemlokgang
Edited: Nov 24, 2009, 6:55 pm

Previous Entries:

Angels and Demons

Solugub's Little Demons

My Entry:

Little Richard

2pollysmith
Nov 24, 2009, 7:00 pm

Richard the Third

3rolandperkins
Nov 24, 2009, 7:03 pm

Richard the Lion Hearted

4pollysmith
Nov 24, 2009, 7:05 pm

the Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe

5rolandperkins
Nov 24, 2009, 7:17 pm

Roarkʻs "Red Witch"

6Renald128
Nov 24, 2009, 9:40 pm

Little Red Riding Hood

7rolandperkins
Nov 24, 2009, 11:04 pm

Hood Rubber

8jugglingpaynes
Nov 24, 2009, 11:32 pm

Rubber Boots

9pollysmith
Nov 25, 2009, 7:22 am

Boots and Dora

10varielle
Nov 25, 2009, 8:09 am

11rolandperkins
Nov 25, 2009, 2:11 pm

Leinsterʻs Planet Explorer

12ChelseaB-ley
Nov 25, 2009, 6:47 pm

Pizza Planet Truck

13rolandperkins
Nov 25, 2009, 9:23 pm

truck garden

14Espeon200
Nov 26, 2009, 1:24 am

It's a Trap! (I'm tired and that's the first thing that popped to mind)

15rolandperkins
Nov 26, 2009, 2:43 am

Sheckleyʻs People Trap

16Tid
Nov 26, 2009, 4:09 pm

Sheckley's Mindswap

17rolandperkins
Nov 26, 2009, 4:20 pm

Sheckleyʻs Aliens

18VetaTorres
Nov 27, 2009, 1:43 am

aliens exist

1956Hypocrites
Nov 27, 2009, 3:38 am

This member has been suspended from the site.

20hemlokgang
Nov 27, 2009, 11:55 am

math problems

21VetaTorres
Nov 27, 2009, 1:28 pm

math teacher

22Espeon200
Nov 27, 2009, 5:01 pm

math tutor

23pollysmith
Nov 27, 2009, 6:07 pm

internet tutorial

24rolandperkins
Nov 28, 2009, 1:02 am

internet protocols

25pollysmith
Nov 28, 2009, 9:58 am

internet problems

26rolandperkins
Edited: Nov 28, 2009, 2:11 pm

drinking problems*

*Note the plural. I believe thereʻs a disease, alcoholism, while there isnʻt any sch thing as a "Drinking Problem" (singular), but drinking can be the immediate cause of a lot of individual problems.

27Tid
Nov 28, 2009, 2:08 pm

maths* problems

*Note the plural. There isn't any such thing as a "math"!

28rolandperkins
Nov 28, 2009, 2:53 pm

Murderous Maths (Series)

29pkg427
Nov 28, 2009, 2:56 pm

murderous rage

30pollysmith
Nov 28, 2009, 2:58 pm

raging storm

31rolandperkins
Edited: Nov 29, 2009, 1:08 pm

OʻHaraʻs Rage to Live*

*And Alexander Popeʻs, from whom he got the
phrase .

32pollysmith
Nov 28, 2009, 3:00 pm

Live in the moment

33rolandperkins
Nov 28, 2009, 3:05 pm

Batesʻs Moment in Time

34agjuba
Nov 28, 2009, 7:44 pm

Time and Again by Jack Finney

35picolina
Nov 28, 2009, 8:17 pm

36rolandperkins
Nov 28, 2009, 9:41 pm

standard time

37theretiredlibrarian
Nov 28, 2009, 10:15 pm

egg timer

38rolandperkins
Nov 28, 2009, 10:29 pm

Stineʻs "Egg Monsters"

39Espeon200
Nov 29, 2009, 9:09 am

Big Hairy Monster

40jugglingpaynes
Nov 29, 2009, 9:34 am

Cookie Monster

41rolandperkins
Nov 29, 2009, 5:54 pm

cookie to a mouse*

*As in Numeroffʻs If you Give a Mouse a Cookie

42varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:47 pm

43rolandperkins
Nov 29, 2009, 8:56 pm

High Church

44VetaTorres
Nov 29, 2009, 10:02 pm

Church of England

45rolandperkins
Nov 29, 2009, 10:03 pm

"...this ENGLAND!" --Shakespeare.
Richard II

46Espeon200
Nov 29, 2009, 11:29 pm

This is SPARTA!

47rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 1:22 am

Hellerʻs Picture This

48varielle
Nov 30, 2009, 3:35 am

49pollysmith
Nov 30, 2009, 7:35 am

It's Showtime!

50rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 9:29 am

dinner time

51DianeFHill
Nov 30, 2009, 10:00 am

Being and time

52rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 10:06 am

". . .BEING the pope."*

*as in Andy Warholʻs: "Itʻs not easy being the pope. Itʻs not difficult, either. Its just BEING the pope." Warhol was reputed to attend Mass every day, but the pope referred to was not the one in the Vatican but his creation "the Pope of Greenwich Village."

53varielle
Nov 30, 2009, 10:46 am

Being There

54hemlokgang
Nov 30, 2009, 12:28 pm

55varielle
Nov 30, 2009, 12:32 pm

56rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 1:46 pm

point guard

57Espeon200
Nov 30, 2009, 4:13 pm

girl guard

58varielle
Edited: Nov 30, 2009, 4:34 pm

59Espeon200
Nov 30, 2009, 4:39 pm

life saver

60rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 4:48 pm

Parkerʻs Turtle Saver

61varielle
Nov 30, 2009, 4:50 pm

62rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 4:51 pm

batterʻs box

63Espeon200
Nov 30, 2009, 4:54 pm

black eye

64rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 5:14 pm

65theretiredlibrarian
Nov 30, 2009, 6:26 pm

Hawaiian Punch

66Espeon200
Nov 30, 2009, 6:36 pm

Punch Out!!

67rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 6:43 pm

Punch and Judy

68varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:48 pm

69rolandperkins
Nov 30, 2009, 9:14 pm

70Espeon200
Nov 30, 2009, 10:07 pm

Garland, Knight of Chaos

71jugglingpaynes
Nov 30, 2009, 10:16 pm

Knight of the Red Cross

72rolandperkins
Dec 1, 2009, 12:14 am

Knight of Malta

73hemlokgang
Dec 1, 2009, 6:09 am

Knight of the Round Table

74Renald128
Dec 1, 2009, 8:21 am

The Dark Knight

75rolandperkins
Dec 1, 2009, 9:22 am

Zelaznyʻs Dark Traveling

76pollysmith
Dec 1, 2009, 12:34 pm

Until Dark

77Espeon200
Dec 1, 2009, 2:35 pm

Until now

78varielle
Dec 1, 2009, 3:12 pm

not now

79Espeon200
Dec 1, 2009, 3:39 pm

not again

80hemlokgang
Dec 1, 2009, 6:33 pm

not the momma

81pollysmith
Dec 1, 2009, 6:41 pm

my momma told me not to come

82varielle
Dec 1, 2009, 6:44 pm

83hemlokgang
Dec 1, 2009, 6:46 pm

Cara Mia

84varielle
Dec 1, 2009, 6:46 pm

85rolandperkins
Dec 1, 2009, 7:02 pm

John Farrow*

*Father of Mia, and author of a short bio. of the recently canonized St. Damian

86varielle
Dec 1, 2009, 8:20 pm

87rolandperkins
Dec 1, 2009, 8:31 pm

Samuel Doe*

*former dictator of Liberia. He almost gave the all-purpose name Doe a --well-- a "bad name".

88jugglingpaynes
Dec 1, 2009, 8:44 pm

Doe, a deer

89VetaTorres
Dec 1, 2009, 10:07 pm

deer eyes

90Espeon200
Dec 1, 2009, 11:49 pm

The Hills Have Eyes

91pollysmith
Dec 2, 2009, 8:06 am

bedroom eyes

92Espeon200
Dec 2, 2009, 9:27 am

three bedroom flat

93varielle
Dec 2, 2009, 10:33 am

94rainwitch52
Dec 2, 2009, 10:42 am

Flat foot floogie with a floy, floy

95hemlokgang
Dec 2, 2009, 12:16 pm

foot race

96varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:48 pm

97rolandperkins
Dec 2, 2009, 2:32 pm

track and field

98varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:49 pm

99rolandperkins
Dec 2, 2009, 3:36 pm

ice hockey

100varielle
Dec 2, 2009, 3:50 pm

hockey puck

101rolandperkins
Dec 2, 2009, 3:55 pm

Shakespeareʻs "Puck"

102VetaTorres
Dec 2, 2009, 6:18 pm

Shakespeare's Macbeth

103rolandperkins
Dec 2, 2009, 6:23 pm

104VetaTorres
Dec 2, 2009, 6:25 pm

George Harrison

106VetaTorres
Dec 2, 2009, 6:35 pm

William the Conqueror

107rolandperkins
Dec 2, 2009, 6:36 pm

William IV of the U.K.

108VetaTorres
Dec 2, 2009, 8:00 pm

William Thatcher

109Renald128
Dec 2, 2009, 8:42 pm

William Shakespeare

110varielle
Dec 2, 2009, 8:52 pm

111rolandperkins
Dec 2, 2009, 9:45 pm

112VetaTorres
Dec 2, 2009, 10:59 pm

113rolandperkins
Dec 3, 2009, 1:21 am

Maughamʻs "The Letter"

114hemlokgang
Dec 3, 2009, 1:22 pm

Somerset Maugham

115Espeon200
Dec 3, 2009, 1:43 pm

Somerset Pennsylvania

116varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:50 pm

117hemlokgang
Dec 3, 2009, 4:28 pm

Pennsylvania Dutch

118Tid
Dec 3, 2009, 5:26 pm

Dutch courage

119jugglingpaynes
Dec 3, 2009, 6:12 pm

Dutch-process Chocolate

120VetaTorres
Dec 3, 2009, 6:28 pm

dark chocolate

121pollysmith
Dec 3, 2009, 7:17 pm

chocolate bar

122varielle
Dec 3, 2009, 8:30 pm

123hemlokgang
Dec 3, 2009, 10:04 pm

bar exam

124rolandperkins
Dec 4, 2009, 1:04 am

bar tab

125pollysmith
Dec 4, 2009, 7:31 am

pull tab

126hemlokgang
Dec 4, 2009, 12:30 pm

pick up the tab

127pollysmith
Dec 4, 2009, 1:48 pm

pick up sticks

128Espeon200
Dec 4, 2009, 2:14 pm

sticks and stones

129rolandperkins
Dec 4, 2009, 2:30 pm

Ruskinʻs Stones of Venice

130varielle
Dec 4, 2009, 3:29 pm

131rolandperkins
Dec 4, 2009, 3:44 pm

Venice, Florida

132varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:50 pm

133pollysmith
Dec 4, 2009, 6:38 pm

orange juice

134rolandperkins
Dec 4, 2009, 6:57 pm

Fuentesʻs Orange Tree

135foggidawn
Dec 4, 2009, 7:58 pm

orange blossom

136varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:51 pm

137rolandperkins
Dec 5, 2009, 4:48 am

Sleeping "Blossom" *

*As in Peckʻs Blossom Culp and the Sleep
of Death

138varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:51 pm

sleeping potion

139rolandperkins
Dec 5, 2009, 8:40 am

"sleeping dogs. . ."

140pollysmith
Dec 5, 2009, 9:13 am

dogs of war

141Espeon200
Dec 5, 2009, 2:48 pm

war stories

142rolandperkins
Dec 5, 2009, 2:49 pm

sports stories

143Espeon200
Dec 5, 2009, 2:51 pm

Full-contact sports

145picolina
Dec 5, 2009, 3:15 pm

"Pork Illustrated" from Shrek 2 ;oP

146rolandperkins
Dec 5, 2009, 3:27 pm

legislative pork

147varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:51 pm

148pollysmith
Dec 5, 2009, 6:14 pm

pork bellies

149Espeon200
Dec 5, 2009, 6:38 pm

Buddha Bellies

150rolandperkins
Dec 6, 2009, 2:09 am

Buddha would . . . *

*as in Metcalfʻs What Would Buddha Do? 101 Answers...

151varielle
Dec 6, 2009, 12:38 pm

152VetaTorres
Dec 6, 2009, 12:48 pm

Buddha statues

154Espeon200
Dec 7, 2009, 12:31 am

Borg Assimilation

155rolandperkins
Dec 8, 2009, 1:03 am

Matsunagaʻs Assimilation Philosophy

156Tid
Dec 8, 2009, 5:57 am

Matsunaga's ankle

158Espeon200
Dec 8, 2009, 8:56 am

Spark a Debate

159foggidawn
Dec 8, 2009, 9:22 am

debate club

160varielle
Dec 8, 2009, 10:20 am

161hemlokgang
Dec 8, 2009, 10:45 am

chess club

162foggidawn
Dec 8, 2009, 10:49 am

chess pie

163rolandperkins
Dec 8, 2009, 6:10 pm

lemon pie

164varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:52 pm

165rolandperkins
Dec 8, 2009, 6:16 pm

lemon tree

166hemlokgang
Dec 8, 2009, 6:39 pm

lemon peel

167VetaTorres
Dec 8, 2009, 7:58 pm

apple peel

168rolandperkins
Dec 8, 2009, 9:33 pm

"John Peel" (folksong)

169VetaTorres
Dec 8, 2009, 10:27 pm

John Grisham

170rolandperkins
Dec 9, 2009, 1:32 am

171Espeon200
Dec 9, 2009, 8:41 am

Adam's Apple

172Mandy2
Dec 9, 2009, 12:07 pm

Apple Pie

173hemlokgang
Dec 9, 2009, 12:10 pm

apple fritter

174picolina
Dec 9, 2009, 12:47 pm

caramel apple

175kelisha94
Dec 9, 2009, 3:11 pm

caramel corn

176varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:52 pm

177Espeon200
Dec 9, 2009, 10:57 pm

ball-point pen

178kelisha94
Dec 10, 2009, 9:12 am

pig pen

179Espeon200
Dec 10, 2009, 3:39 pm

pig out

180varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:53 pm

181Espeon200
Dec 10, 2009, 6:41 pm

poke me!

182kelisha94
Dec 10, 2009, 7:33 pm

poker face

183Espeon200
Dec 10, 2009, 10:32 pm

face off

184VetaTorres
Dec 10, 2009, 11:11 pm

off broadway

185varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:53 pm

Broadway star

186Espeon200
Dec 11, 2009, 9:24 am

star road

187varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:53 pm

188kelisha94
Dec 11, 2009, 9:48 am

trip up

189varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:54 pm

190kelisha94
Dec 11, 2009, 12:18 pm

captain obvious

191Espeon200
Dec 11, 2009, 1:10 pm

Captain Picard

192varielle
Dec 11, 2009, 1:44 pm

193kelisha94
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 1:49 pm

gluteus maximus

194Espeon200
Dec 11, 2009, 2:41 pm

gluteus muscle

195varielle
Edited: Dec 11, 2009, 2:46 pm

196Espeon200
Dec 11, 2009, 2:47 pm

homeward bound

197kelisha94
Dec 11, 2009, 2:48 pm

homeward march

198Renald128
Dec 11, 2009, 3:15 pm

wedding march

199varielle
Dec 11, 2009, 3:40 pm

200pollysmith
Dec 12, 2009, 8:57 am

march of the Toys

201VetaTorres
Dec 12, 2009, 8:01 pm

Toy store

202pollysmith
Dec 12, 2009, 8:43 pm

toy land

203Renald128
Dec 12, 2009, 8:50 pm

Toy Story

204pollysmith
Dec 12, 2009, 8:53 pm

story time

205Espeon200
Dec 12, 2009, 9:58 pm

Time of your life

206VetaTorres
Dec 12, 2009, 10:06 pm

Time Bomb

207hemlokgang
Dec 13, 2009, 9:47 am

letter bomb

208Espeon200
Dec 13, 2009, 9:56 am

certified letter

209varielle
Dec 13, 2009, 6:00 pm

Red letter

210pollysmith
Dec 13, 2009, 6:22 pm

red light

211varielle
Dec 13, 2009, 8:00 pm

light bulb

212Espeon200
Dec 13, 2009, 9:01 pm

flash bulb

213hemlokgang
Dec 13, 2009, 9:14 pm

tulip bulb

214Renald128
Dec 13, 2009, 10:40 pm

tulip bouquet

215VetaTorres
Dec 13, 2009, 11:57 pm

rose bouquet

216Espeon200
Dec 14, 2009, 12:31 am

red rose

217pollysmith
Dec 14, 2009, 8:08 am

rose colored glasses

218varielle
Dec 14, 2009, 9:33 am

cocktail glasses

219Mandy2
Dec 14, 2009, 10:01 am

cocktail dress

220varielle
Dec 14, 2009, 10:05 am

dress robes

221jugglingpaynes
Dec 14, 2009, 12:43 pm

wizard robes

222Espeon200
Dec 14, 2009, 5:18 pm

Wizards of the Coast

223pollysmith
Dec 14, 2009, 6:26 pm

wizards of winter

224VetaTorres
Dec 14, 2009, 7:29 pm

226VetaTorres
Dec 14, 2009, 10:58 pm

tall tale

227varielle
Dec 15, 2009, 10:59 am

228kiminindy
Dec 15, 2009, 11:03 am

order of the phoenix

229varielle
Dec 15, 2009, 11:44 am

230rolandperkins
Dec 15, 2009, 5:27 pm

Phoenix University

231VetaTorres
Dec 15, 2009, 11:17 pm

Cambridge University

232Espeon200
Dec 15, 2009, 11:29 pm

Cambridge Scholar

233VetaTorres
Dec 15, 2009, 11:30 pm

scholar athlete

234rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 1:39 am

Emersonʻs American Scholar

235varielle
Dec 16, 2009, 8:13 am

Emerson Electric

236Espeon200
Dec 16, 2009, 8:29 am

Electric toothbrush

237varielle
Dec 16, 2009, 8:56 am

238Renald128
Dec 16, 2009, 11:30 am

General electric

239rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 1:52 pm

General Science*

*called NATURAL ScienceS where I went to
college.

240kelisha94
Dec 16, 2009, 1:53 pm

science fiction

241rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 1:56 pm

historical fiction

242varielle
Dec 16, 2009, 2:55 pm

243rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 3:24 pm

Leisure Fiction (series)

244Mandy2
Dec 16, 2009, 3:31 pm

Leisure Suit

245rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 3:47 pm

Suit yourself*

If my Oceanian English is correct, this phrase, in Oceania, = "Please yourself".

246Espeon200
Dec 16, 2009, 4:24 pm

(Can't post the first one that came to mind... um..)

Treat yourself

247hemlokgang
Dec 16, 2009, 4:38 pm

trick or treat

248Espeon200
Dec 16, 2009, 4:43 pm

Cheap Trick

249foggidawn
Dec 16, 2009, 4:47 pm

cheap hotel

250rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 4:53 pm

Hotel on Park Place*

*as in Monopoly

251jugglingpaynes
Dec 16, 2009, 5:08 pm

Hotel California

252hemlokgang
Dec 16, 2009, 5:32 pm

The Grand Hotel

253rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 6:13 pm

Haileyʻs Hotel

254pollysmith
Dec 16, 2009, 6:18 pm

halleys comet

255rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 6:54 pm

"assumed" comet*

*As in Scott adamsʻs Donʻt Stand where the Comet is Assumed to Strike Oil: a Dilbert Book

256foggidawn
Dec 16, 2009, 7:05 pm

assumed name

257rolandperkins
Dec 16, 2009, 7:48 pm

"assumed not guilty...."

258varielle
Dec 16, 2009, 9:29 pm

guilty as charged

259VetaTorres
Dec 16, 2009, 10:07 pm

guilty conscience

260rolandperkins
Dec 17, 2009, 1:59 am

Conservative conscience*

*as in Goldwaterʻs The Conscience of
a Conservative

261VetaTorres
Dec 17, 2009, 8:34 pm

conservative view

262pollysmith
Dec 17, 2009, 8:36 pm

lake view

263VetaTorres
Dec 17, 2009, 8:52 pm

lake shore

264varielle
Dec 17, 2009, 9:04 pm

Pauly Shore

265VetaTorres
Dec 17, 2009, 10:05 pm

shore line

266rolandperkins
Dec 18, 2009, 12:32 am

line backer

267pollysmith
Dec 18, 2009, 7:43 am

walking the line

268Espeon200
Dec 18, 2009, 2:41 pm

thin white line

269VetaTorres
Dec 18, 2009, 3:36 pm

White Christmas

270varielle
Dec 18, 2009, 5:38 pm

white paper

271Renald128
Dec 18, 2009, 6:01 pm

Paper Airplane

272Tid
Dec 18, 2009, 6:04 pm

Jefferson Airplane

273rolandperkins
Dec 18, 2009, 6:43 pm

Jefferson Davis, USA*

*an ironically named Hoosier, who was a Union general in the Civil War

274Espeon200
Dec 18, 2009, 7:31 pm

Ziff Davis Media

275jugglingpaynes
Dec 18, 2009, 8:27 pm

media circus

276Espeon200
Dec 18, 2009, 8:35 pm

three-ring circus

277pollysmith
Dec 18, 2009, 9:30 pm

flea circus

278rolandperkins
Edited: Dec 18, 2009, 10:20 pm

circus son*

Bonus Trivia Question: What Chief of government (1980s-90s) was the son of a circus worker?

*as in: J.Irvingʻs A Son of the Circus

279VetaTorres
Dec 19, 2009, 12:54 am

280Espeon200
Dec 19, 2009, 12:58 am

Witch hunt

281VetaTorres
Dec 19, 2009, 1:01 am

stag hunt

282rolandperkins
Dec 19, 2009, 4:07 am

"stag at eve . . ." --Scott

283EragonHedre
Dec 19, 2009, 10:26 am

Adam and Eve

284varielle
Dec 19, 2009, 11:06 am

Adam's apple

285Espeon200
Dec 19, 2009, 9:56 pm

apple core

286pollysmith
Dec 19, 2009, 11:18 pm

apple pie

287VetaTorres
Dec 19, 2009, 11:59 pm

lemon pie

288Espeon200
Dec 20, 2009, 12:36 am

American Pie

289rolandperkins
Dec 20, 2009, 2:37 am

Wodehouse's Plum Pie

290Espeon200
Dec 20, 2009, 8:28 am

plum tuckered out

291foggidawn
Dec 20, 2009, 8:37 am

plum pudding

292varielle
Dec 20, 2009, 6:26 pm

pudding pop

293pollysmith
Dec 20, 2009, 8:52 pm

pudding of a son~ Hagrid about Dudley in SS/PS

294rolandperkins
Dec 20, 2009, 9:18 pm

Card's Seventh Son

295pollysmith
Dec 20, 2009, 9:24 pm

seventh heaven

296varielle
Dec 20, 2009, 9:37 pm

297rolandperkins
Dec 20, 2009, 11:25 pm

Destination: Heaven*

*as in Wilder's Heaven's my Destination

298Espeon200
Dec 21, 2009, 12:19 am

final destination

300VetaTorres
Dec 21, 2009, 1:15 am

Moon Goddess

301rolandperkins
Dec 21, 2009, 1:33 am

Hebrew Goddess*

*as in raphael Patais The Hebrew goddess

302VetaTorres
Dec 21, 2009, 1:36 am

Hebrew alphabet

303rolandperkins
Dec 21, 2009, 2:04 am

amazing alphabet*

*as in Dr. Seussʻs ABC; an Amazing Alphabet Book

304Espeon200
Dec 21, 2009, 2:41 pm

amazing race

305varielle
Dec 21, 2009, 3:39 pm

306Espeon200
Dec 21, 2009, 3:54 pm

drowned rat

307VetaTorres
Dec 21, 2009, 4:43 pm

Rat Fink

308rolandperkins
Dec 21, 2009, 5:32 pm

royal Fink*

*As in Johnny Harts The King is a Fink; (comic strips in book form)

309varielle
Dec 21, 2009, 7:34 pm

310VetaTorres
Dec 21, 2009, 7:35 pm

royal flush

311rolandperkins
Dec 21, 2009, 7:36 pm

banana royal

312varielle
Dec 21, 2009, 7:39 pm

313rolandperkins
Dec 21, 2009, 7:41 pm

314VetaTorres
Dec 21, 2009, 7:43 pm

315rolandperkins
Dec 21, 2009, 8:17 pm

gun for hire*

*as in Greene's This Gun for Hire
aka A Gun for sale

316VetaTorres
Dec 21, 2009, 9:17 pm

gun safe

317rolandperkins
Dec 21, 2009, 10:34 pm

safe for manatees*

*as in Belz Jenkins's A Safe Home for Manatees

318varielle
Dec 22, 2009, 8:18 am

safe cracker

319Mandy2
Dec 22, 2009, 11:01 am

cracker jacks

320varielle
Dec 22, 2009, 11:44 am

321pollysmith
Dec 22, 2009, 12:57 pm

animal crackers

322varielle
Dec 22, 2009, 1:14 pm

323rolandperkins
Dec 22, 2009, 1:45 pm

Labor Party

324Espeon200
Dec 22, 2009, 2:50 pm

labor pains

325VetaTorres
Dec 22, 2009, 3:15 pm

growing pains

326Espeon200
Dec 22, 2009, 3:43 pm

growing up

327varielle
Dec 22, 2009, 3:53 pm

blow up

328rolandperkins
Dec 22, 2009, 4:03 pm

329varielle
Dec 22, 2009, 7:33 pm

Michelangelo Buonarotti

331rolandperkins
Dec 23, 2009, 1:42 am

M. Amisʻs Visiting Mrs. Nabokov

--not that I understand how
329 evokes 330.

332Espeon200
Dec 23, 2009, 10:57 am

Aliens

(#331: If you'd read that particular book you would.)

333foggidawn
Dec 23, 2009, 11:14 am

Ummm . . . wasn't this the add-a-word, drop-a-word thread at one point?

334varielle
Dec 23, 2009, 11:33 am

I do believe it was...

match point

335Renald128
Dec 23, 2009, 12:07 pm

Ball point pen

336rolandperkins
Dec 23, 2009, 2:38 pm

To Espeon (#330):

L O L. Matter of fact, I HAVE read FtMuFoMBEF, I but had almost forgotten it.

337Espeon200
Dec 23, 2009, 2:59 pm

We gave up on add a word, drop a word. It's Christmas!

Get to the point

338rolandperkins
Dec 23, 2009, 3:14 pm

Stark's* Point Blank

*Richard Stark, Catherine Coulter and, I guess, half of the population of thriller writers have used this title.

339foggidawn
Dec 23, 2009, 3:26 pm

blank check

341Espeon200
Dec 23, 2009, 4:40 pm

Brains Taste Good

342rolandperkins
Dec 23, 2009, 4:48 pm

I'm afraid I deviated from its being just A word, in 340.

" 'Brains' are capital.*

*My h.s. History teacher's partial definition of the economic term "capital". History was the closest we could get to economics in what was, however, considered a very good public high school.

343VetaTorres
Dec 23, 2009, 5:25 pm

capital punishment

344rolandperkins
Dec 23, 2009, 5:27 pm

345VetaTorres
Dec 23, 2009, 5:28 pm

346rolandperkins
Edited: Dec 23, 2009, 5:38 pm

"true crime" *

*One Tv channel has aspired to be "The Place for Politics". To my mind they can't do it, unless they give up their penchant for "true crime". (Not that there's never anything criminal in politics).

347VetaTorres
Dec 23, 2009, 5:42 pm

crime scene

348varielle
Dec 23, 2009, 6:18 pm

349Espeon200
Dec 23, 2009, 6:41 pm

Scene It

350jugglingpaynes
Dec 23, 2009, 7:14 pm

done it

351rolandperkins
Dec 23, 2009, 7:43 pm

done gone*

*As in Randall's parody The Wind done Gone

352Espeon200
Dec 23, 2009, 7:55 pm

gone and went

353rolandperkins
Dec 23, 2009, 8:05 pm

354varielle
Dec 27, 2009, 6:46 pm

went native

355VetaTorres
Dec 27, 2009, 6:53 pm

native americans

356rolandperkins
Dec 27, 2009, 7:16 pm

Brooklyn Americans*

*NHL hockey team of the 1930s

357Espeon200
Dec 27, 2009, 7:19 pm

Brooklyn Bridge

358rolandperkins
Dec 27, 2009, 7:24 pm

"Mrs. Bridge" *

* once famous character of Evan Connell

359pollysmith
Dec 27, 2009, 7:53 pm

Bridge over troubled waters

360varielle
Dec 27, 2009, 8:05 pm

361pollysmith
Dec 27, 2009, 8:08 pm

London Tower

362varielle
Dec 27, 2009, 9:20 pm

363rolandperkins
Dec 27, 2009, 9:29 pm

Power Play by Joseph Finder*

*Reading this now, and will be adding Finder to my "Favorites List".

364jugglingpaynes
Dec 27, 2009, 10:27 pm

Flower Power

365rolandperkins
Dec 28, 2009, 2:13 am

Power Elite

366Espeon200
Dec 28, 2009, 8:56 am

Elite Four

367rolandperkins
Dec 28, 2009, 10:24 pm

Four Evangelists

368varielle
Dec 29, 2009, 10:36 am

369Espeon200
Dec 29, 2009, 10:54 am

the big score

370jugglingpaynes
Dec 29, 2009, 11:03 am

final score

371Espeon200
Dec 29, 2009, 11:20 am

final countdown

372rolandperkins
Dec 29, 2009, 2:38 pm

ab Hugh's Final Fury

373foggidawn
Dec 29, 2009, 3:47 pm

Final Fantasy

374varielle
Dec 29, 2009, 4:09 pm

375rolandperkins
Dec 29, 2009, 4:23 pm

fantasy baseball

376varielle
Dec 29, 2009, 7:39 pm

baseball bat

377hemlokgang
Dec 29, 2009, 8:34 pm

vampire bat

378VetaTorres
Dec 29, 2009, 8:48 pm

vampire craze

379Renald128
Dec 29, 2009, 11:48 pm

vampire slayer

380rolandperkins
Dec 30, 2009, 1:49 am

red slayer*

*As in Emerson's "If the red slayer thinks he slays/
And if the slain thinks he
is slain..." (wow, are they
off base -- or something)

381foggidawn
Dec 30, 2009, 8:23 am

red rover

382hemlokgang
Dec 30, 2009, 12:19 pm

red crayon

383Renald128
Dec 30, 2009, 12:56 pm

Red Lobster

384VetaTorres
Dec 30, 2009, 2:52 pm

Maine Lobster

385varielle
Dec 30, 2009, 3:41 pm

386VetaTorres
Dec 30, 2009, 4:50 pm

Remember the Titans

387Espeon200
Dec 30, 2009, 5:05 pm

Tennessee Titans

388pollysmith
Dec 30, 2009, 6:49 pm

tennessee hills

389rolandperkins
Dec 30, 2009, 7:15 pm

Tennessee Volunteers

390jugglingpaynes
Dec 30, 2009, 7:19 pm

Tennessee Valley Authority

391rolandperkins
Dec 30, 2009, 7:23 pm

authority figure

392varielle
Dec 30, 2009, 8:25 pm

393picolina
Dec 30, 2009, 9:48 pm

action card

394Espeon200
Dec 30, 2009, 11:59 pm

card game

395Renald128
Dec 31, 2009, 1:12 am

board game

396rolandperkins
Dec 31, 2009, 1:44 am

Board Chair

397varielle
Dec 31, 2009, 1:17 pm

Arm chair

398rolandperkins
Dec 31, 2009, 1:31 pm

secular arm

399hemlokgang
Dec 31, 2009, 1:46 pm

prosthetic arm

400VetaTorres
Dec 31, 2009, 3:02 pm

arm tattoos

401rolandperkins
Dec 31, 2009, 3:53 pm

temporary tattoos

402Espeon200
Dec 31, 2009, 4:12 pm

temporary employee

403rolandperkins
Dec 31, 2009, 4:22 pm

employee benefits

404Espeon200
Dec 31, 2009, 4:32 pm

friends with benefits

405MsDonna
Dec 31, 2009, 4:37 pm

friends with coffee

406rolandperkins
Dec 31, 2009, 4:38 pm

"Mister Coffee"

40756Hypocrites
Dec 31, 2009, 4:39 pm

This member has been suspended from the site.

408pollysmith
Dec 31, 2009, 4:57 pm

Mister Sandman

409picolina
Dec 31, 2009, 5:03 pm

Sandman Hotel

410foggidawn
Dec 31, 2009, 5:04 pm

Hotel California

411pollysmith
Dec 31, 2009, 5:11 pm

Heartbreak hotel

412Renald128
Dec 31, 2009, 5:11 pm

Five-Star Hotel

413pollysmith
Dec 31, 2009, 5:13 pm

Plaza Hotel

41456Hypocrites
Dec 31, 2009, 6:17 pm

This member has been suspended from the site.

415pollysmith
Dec 31, 2009, 6:20 pm

spanish moss

416Espeon200
Dec 31, 2009, 6:52 pm

Spanish Flu

41756Hypocrites
Dec 31, 2009, 7:17 pm

This member has been suspended from the site.

418rolandperkins
Dec 31, 2009, 8:34 pm

food mart

419MsDonna
Dec 31, 2009, 8:41 pm

mart ini

420Espeon200
Dec 31, 2009, 8:48 pm

stuff mart

421rolandperkins
Dec 31, 2009, 11:30 pm

working stuff*

* as in Marshall Brainʻs How Stuff Works

422foggidawn
Jan 1, 2010, 8:33 am