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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Feb 23, 2003
lefthanded
*I'll wait to hear if that's correct*
~jwf~
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Feb 23, 2003
>> *Ghosts* has 6 letters yet *them* = plural, hmmm... <<
The vagaries and inaccurancies of English as spoken in various parts of the real and cyber worlds may be at the root of your confusion six7s.
Consider this example:
Me: I jus' seen a ghost.
U: Oh I don't believe in them.
Me: I only seen one!
U: Y'mean there's more than one?
Me: Prodably.
U: Or maybe if y'seen one y'seen 'em all.
Sorry I can't better articulate how this minor corruption of grammatical logic could lead to grievous syntactical errors. I know how you must be suffering, but the plural answer 'ghosts' seemed appropriate even if the question was probably thinking of only one and then mysteriously multiplied in the asking.
Ot, then again it could be that some people only have five fingers and can only count that high. I do thank everyone for adding the letter count of their word. It doesn't make 'them' any easier but it sure eliminates a lot of wrong answers.
~jwf~
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Feb 23, 2003
except when someone posts the wrong (number)
my pedanticism comes out of several long and involved puzzle breaking sessions, finally giving up only to find out that the clue had been given incorrectly 
even though this hasn't happened for several pages, i'm still a bit nervous about the whole thing (and now that i've written this i'm expecting i'll be the next person to post incorrectly)
as its my week for being pedantic
(1)barely there, only if you believe in them (5)
wouldn't it be better as
(1)barely there, only if you believe in it (5)
with the answer as 'ghost'?
lefthanded 
btw
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Ythika the purple giraffe - Minister for Unusual Musical Instruments Posted Feb 23, 2003
Sorry to have caused such a fuss... I haven't been feeling the best and didn't really mean to make it plural. I'll try to be more careful in future 
. Will 
and 
or 
make things better?
Ythika
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Ythika the purple giraffe - Minister for Unusual Musical Instruments Posted Feb 23, 2003
BTW I don't know where the L for telepathic came from either but everything else seemed to fit so I went for it.
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Feb 23, 2003
i wouldn't worry about it Ythika. you haven't been the first and i'm sure you won't be the last.
*mumbles with mouth full* thanks for the cake
it would be nice if people checked their clues before posting though
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Badvoc the not so terrible Posted Feb 23, 2003
I'm sorry, the telepathic thing wasn't intended to be so difficult/illogical, must've been a thursday, please don't beat me any more.
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Feb 23, 2003
hmmm, the case of the mysterious missing 'L'...
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Feb 23, 2003
*twiddles thumbs*
*waiting for ~jwf~ to come back and post a clue*...
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Feb 24, 2003
sorry for delay folks, ice storms, canada, power out...
don't dare stay online too long in case lines go down again...
So it was 'lefthanded' 
Okay then... I'll keep it sorta simple because I may not be back for a while if the wind doesn't stop howling soon.
(3) "This is ... to the one I love" (9)
~jwf~
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Ythika the purple giraffe - Minister for Unusual Musical Instruments Posted Feb 24, 2003
dedicated
(3)Theodore Roosevelt had the first (5,4)
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The Groob Posted Feb 24, 2003
Sorry, I'll get my coat. Should've been:
(2) One for all! (6)
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six7s Posted Feb 24, 2003
ARamis
(3) 
pranks perpetrated by high ranking young woman , we hear (8)
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Feb 24, 2003
mischief
(2) halve an electronic sale and it can breathe underwater (3)
"Issue 001 out now "
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six7s Posted Feb 24, 2003
EFt (thank heavens for dictionaries)
(1) [as if I could use any more 
] archaic (11)
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Feb 25, 2003
Ouch, OK six7s I think we need a clue here.
~jwf~
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