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Mithalwen · 10-21-2012, 04:54 PM

It is . Harry is the Queen's grandson .... and page is a leaf....and surely Galadriel my sweet cub you remember about bloomers and flowers....

Galadriel55 · 10-21-2012, 05:24 PM

Oh! Good.

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Harry is the Queen's grandson .... and page is a leaf....and surely Galadriel my sweet cub you remember about bloomers and flowers....

Yeah, I had the reasons for Harry and Leaf, but I still can't explain how you get "goat" from "but a".

Do enlighten me please, MummieMith!

I'll get a clue up before I go to sleep today.

Mithalwen · 10-21-2012, 05:30 PM

Ohhhhhhhh welll remember how a bloomer is something that blooms ie a flower, and a flower something that flows so a river well but a sounds like butter and is something than butts....so a goat.

Galadriel55 · 10-21-2012, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Ohhhhhhhh welll remember how a bloomer is something that blooms ie a flower, and a flower something that flows so a river well but a sounds like butter and is something than butts....so a goat.

Oh I get it now!

Not only am I horrible at sounds-like guessing, but I'm also on the wrong side of the pond.

That's a nice one, Mith. A really nice one.

Place one in a pointless dance with deceased parent

This one should be fairly easy.

Mithalwen · 12-12-2012, 05:16 AM

It isn't. Stilll puzzling.

Galadriel55 · 12-12-2012, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

It isn't. Stilll puzzling.

Ok, I have no idea what I wrote up there. I think I remember the answer, but then it doesn't exactly match the question. The question is missing a part. *headdesk* Or I just can't remember the answer. *facepalm* But I don't think I could have used this question for anything else, really.

Well, should have been something like

Note to place one in a pointless dance with deceased parent

Mithalwen · 12-12-2012, 07:16 AM

Hmm originally I thought the straight cle was place or deceased parent ~ and there are so many in ME but now I am not so sure. Dancing isn't my strongest suit but gather that when the right one is foundit has to lose N S W or E and gain an I? Hmm da capo...

10-21-2012, 04:54 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	It is . Harry is the Queen's grandson .... and page is a leaf....and surely Galadriel my sweet cub you remember about bloomers and flowers.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-21-2012, 05:30 PM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Ohhhhhhhh welll remember how a bloomer is something that blooms ie a flower, and a flower something that flows so a river well but a sounds like butter and is something than butts....so a goat. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

12-12-2012, 05:16 AM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	It isn't. Stilll puzzling. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

12-12-2012, 07:16 AM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Hmm originally I thought the straight cle was place or deceased parent ~ and there are so many in ME but now I am not so sure. Dancing isn't my strongest suit but gather that when the right one is foundit has to lose N S W or E and gain an I? Hmm da capo... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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