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Topic: Deep, but not Profound
Katarain
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posted March 04, 2005 10:46 PM
well, those are right..but I think I've seen them before...
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breyerchic04
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posted March 04, 2005 10:59 PM
kitty but not cat puppy but not dog leesa but not lisa (again people I know)
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Mintieman
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posted March 04, 2005 11:04 PM
Hatrack but not cosy
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Eaquae Legit
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posted March 04, 2005 11:14 PM
Silly Sally Summers really likes committees and bookkeeping. (sorry if it's a repeat) The kids at camp used to LOVE this game. It would keep them so occupied during those "transition" times when there's nothing to do but mill around and get in trouble.
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beverly
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posted March 04, 2005 11:19 PM
cheese but not parmesean doggy but not dog alligator but not crocodile persimmon but not papaya berry but not juice carrot but not yam sassy but not sexy commitment and marriage but not romance silly and funny but not weird sorrow but not grief different but not same (though I'm not sure about papaya) [ March 04, 2005, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
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alluvion
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posted March 04, 2005 11:33 PM
cigarettes but no cigar booze but not spirits illuminati but not literati guesswork but not work ass but not arse hookie but not hokey pokey fallow but not flish hello but not hi permission but no permit
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DocCoyote
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posted March 04, 2005 11:48 PM
Wee, little and small, but not minute.
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sarcasticmuppet
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posted March 05, 2005 12:43 AM
feelings but not emotions books but not tomes Puzzles but not games Lillies but not roses.
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alluvion
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posted March 05, 2005 12:47 AM
largess but not large riff but not rant
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Alix
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posted March 05, 2005 12:55 AM
Donny, but not Marie.
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Alix
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posted March 05, 2005 01:03 AM
USSR, but not USA.
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alluvion
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posted March 05, 2005 01:05 AM
Puppets but not socks
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Alix
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posted March 05, 2005 02:04 PM
Kerry, but not Bush.
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Alix
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posted March 05, 2005 02:08 PM
Marriage, but not civil union.
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Alix
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posted March 05, 2005 02:09 PM
I am having so much fun with this!
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Teshi
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posted March 05, 2005 02:40 PM
Cool but not cold Noon, but not twelve o'clock.
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Little_Doctor
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posted March 06, 2005 02:48 PM
Lowrider12@gmail.com I cannot get this game! Please send me the rules.
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Ryuko
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posted March 06, 2005 04:47 PM
I got it! Runner but not Shoes. Goddess but not God Abby but not Ryuko Satellite but not Space Station Moon but not Sun Wheel but not Tire Spool but not Thread.
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rivka
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posted March 06, 2005 04:49 PM
Does this remind anyone else of Petals Around the Rose? (Except that one took me forever to get and this one I twigged almost immediately. Maybe because this one is word-based and that one number based? )
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Ryuko
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posted March 06, 2005 04:50 PM
I could never figure that one out. Numbers don't make sense to me.
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rivka
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posted March 06, 2005 04:55 PM
*grin* I eventually cheated on that one. Google is your friend.
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ketchupqueen
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posted March 06, 2005 05:21 PM
rivka, I am shocked. It is like that game, in several ways-- including that the name is significant. (The name we always knew this game by is "The Green Glass Room".)
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Alix
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posted March 06, 2005 05:49 PM
See, but not sea. Poor, but not pour. Cheek, but not chic.
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rivka
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posted March 06, 2005 08:35 PM
kq, why shocked? I made a legitimate effort to figure that one out. I tried the hints, which helped me not one whit; cogitated for quite some time; and finally gave up. Why is Googling (I quite openly linked to the site -- which had fairly blatant hints, rather than an actual answer) any worse than just asking for the answer? Actually, I think it shows quite a bit of initiative of my part. Especially since 90+% of the Google hits were absolutely useless, since they had the game but no solution. (And yes, I know you're teasing. )
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Icarus
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posted March 06, 2005 09:08 PM
guffaws, but not laughter Google and Yahoo, but not HotBot
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SteveRogers
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posted March 06, 2005 09:12 PM
Fraggle Rock, but not The Who
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Dagonee
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posted March 06, 2005 09:16 PM
quote: Petals Around the Rose I googled this to find the game (not the answer). I didn't miss it once. The name is significant.
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Dagonee
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posted March 06, 2005 09:18 PM
The Muppets and Ms. Piggy, but not Kermit.
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bunbun
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posted March 06, 2005 10:10 PM
Arrogant, but not kind
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Book
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posted March 07, 2005 12:00 AM
I have no idea what's going on and I hate it. This reminds me of the "slang scene" in Ocean's Twelve.
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alluvion
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posted March 07, 2005 12:03 AM
this is so much more fun than essaying-it.
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rivka
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posted March 07, 2005 12:08 AM
Book, but not rivka (it had to be done! sorry . . . )
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alluvion
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posted March 07, 2005 12:08 AM
[political one - stale as 2-days old bread] hannity but not sean ann but not peroxide bill but not O'reilly (sp?) cnn but not fox well... but not "that's just a stupid train 'o' thought."
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rivka
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posted March 07, 2005 12:11 AM
alluvion, one of those doesn't work.
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Book
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posted March 07, 2005 01:05 AM
...g...grain but not corn?
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ketchupqueen
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posted March 07, 2005 01:09 AM
Nope. Neither grain nor corn, nor even wheat or oats, but chaff.
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Book
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posted March 07, 2005 01:51 AM
How about "english?" Do we like "english?"
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ketchupqueen
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posted March 07, 2005 01:54 AM
Nope. And not Japanese, but Nipponese.
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Book
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posted March 07, 2005 02:05 AM
...Beans but not birds? (can you tell I have no idea what's going on?) [ March 07, 2005, 02:06 AM: Message edited by: Book ]
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ketchupqueen
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posted March 07, 2005 02:13 AM
Neither beans nor birds, but foods and furry fellows.
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Da_Goat
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posted March 07, 2005 02:26 AM
Yeah, I have no clue either. Um.... Key, but not type?
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ketchupqueen
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posted March 07, 2005 02:33 AM
Neither key nor type, but letters.
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rivka
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posted March 07, 2005 03:32 AM
Book, but not text. Sheep, but not goat.
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Eruve Nandiriel
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posted March 07, 2005 02:51 PM
Confused, but not confounded. (I soooo don't understand this game...)
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Megan
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posted March 07, 2005 02:57 PM
Because I'm hungry... cheese, but not meat. carrots, but not cucumbers. lettuce, but not salad. rolls, but neither bread nor breadsticks nor biscuits nor cornbread. butter, but not margarine. pepper, but not salt. dessert, but neither cake nor pie nor ice cream nor sundaes nor even fruit.
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